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Chapter 190
The alarms wouldn’t shut up. They were this constant, ear-splitting wail echoing through the whole place, like the walls themselves were panicking. Red lights flashed over the steel corridors, making everyone’s faces look like they were covered in blood.“We’ve got company!” Maya yelled from the back. She was gripping her pistol, eyes darting like she expected a swarm to drop from the ceiling.Davion didn’t slow down. “No kidding.”Beverly was right beside him, her voice low but sharp. “We’re not gonna make it to the core if we keep getting boxed in.”“Then we don’t let them box us in,” Davion shot back, gripping his rifle tighter. His knuckles were white.They hit the next corner—and almost ran straight into three more enhanced kids. These ones weren’t the ones they’d seen before. Taller. Bulkier. Probably older. Definitely armed.“Move and you’re dead,” one of them barked, his voice mechanical through a throat modulator.Davion stepped forward, holding up a hand. “We’re not your ene
Chapter 189
Beverly slammed the van door behind her like it had personally offended her. “Okay,” she said, tossing her bag onto the middle seat. “I’ve got a plan. And before any of you say it—yes, it’s insane. But it’s also the only way we win.”The air in the van was thick—part nerves, part leftover gunpowder smell from earlier fights. Davion sat slouched in the corner, his hoodie pulled up, eyes locked on the floor. I knew that look. He was about to blow.“What’s the play?” Wilson asked, spinning his knife on his palm.Beverly leaned forward, dropping a folded map and a handful of printouts onto the table between us. “Iron Hand’s primary servers aren’t in Genesis,” she said. “They’re in a hidden base—one connected to the original facility your father ran, Davion. We take that out, everything collapses.”Davion finally looked up. His voice was flat. “You’re talking about my father’s lab.”“Yeah,” Beverly said, softer now. “The one he built before Iron Hand went public. The one they’ve kept burie
Chapter 188
The corridors of Genesis were quiet. Too quiet.Not the normal “library quiet,” but that type of silence that felt like it was holding its breath, waiting for you to make the wrong move.Beverly was a few steps ahead, shoulders squared, her black jacket shifting with every sharp stride. She didn’t say much—just kept her eyes on the holographic map on her wristband. I knew her well enough to realize that meant she was locked in.Behind us, Irene kept glancing over her shoulder, her fingers twitching near her holstered gun. “This place gives me the creeps,” she muttered.“It’s supposed to,” I said. My voice came out harsher than I meant, but… yeah. This was my father’s handiwork. Every metal wall, every security drone, every bolt in the floor—he’d either designed it or had someone design it while standing over their shoulder, breathing down their neck like some corporate overlord from hell.“Still no movement on the scanners,” Reika said from the back. “It’s almost like they want us to
Chapter 187
The van’s headlights died as they rolled into the mountain’s throat.Rami killed the engine, and silence rushed in—thick, suffocating, broken only by the drip of water from the stone above.“This is where we walk,” Davion said, voice low.The team grabbed their gear. Maya slung her sniper rifle, Beverly checked her sidearm, and Elias—pale but determined—tightened the straps of a borrowed flak vest.“Stay behind me,” Davion told him.“Not a kid anymore,” Elias said.Davion gave him a look. “Not negotiable.”Elias didn’t argue, but his jaw set in a way Davion recognized—same stubbornness they’d shared as boys.They moved down the tunnel in single file, flashlights cutting thin beams through the dark. Old rails from the mining days were still embedded in the floor, warped with rust. Faint heat signatures bled from deeper inside—just like the satellite scan had promised.Maya paused at a bend, peering ahead. “Two guards. Not human.”Davion moved up beside her. They weren’t guards in the n
Chapter 186
The morning after the mountain fell was too quiet.The air smelled like scorched earth and rain. Somewhere in the trees, birds were calling—hesitant, like they didn’t trust the silence.Davion sat on a boulder at the edge of their makeshift camp, watching the smoke rise from what was once Genesis. His helmet lay beside him. His hands wouldn’t stop shaking.Behind him, Elias slept under a pile of blankets, his breathing shallow but steady. Beverly was crouched next to him, changing the IV bag with the precision of someone who’d done it too many times for too many people.“You should eat,” Beverly said without looking up.Davion didn’t turn. “I’m not hungry.”“You’re running on fumes.”“I said I’m fine.”Her voice hardened. “You almost collapsed carrying him out last night.”He finally looked at her. “I’m still here. That’s enough.”Beverly’s jaw worked like she wanted to say more, but instead she clipped the IV in place and stood. “Don’t make me drag you to the fire.”A crunch of boots
Chapter 185
The hallway trembled beneath their feet as Davion led the charge.Beverly flanked him, rifle raised, jaw clenched. Behind them, Maya sprinted with her blades drawn, and Rami gripped a backpack full of EMP charges like it was his last lifeline.Alarms screamed above.“Take the left corridor!” Davion shouted, pointing to a rusted door marked CORE ACCESS.“I thought you said you had the map!” Maya yelled back.“I said I memorized it—ten years ago!”“Well, let’s hope your trauma has a good memory!” she snapped, ducking a burst of steam from a wall vent.Rami punched the keypad. “Access code?”Davion didn’t hesitate. “0407.”The keypad blinked.ACCESS GRANTED.Everyone froze.Beverly’s voice was low. “That’s your birthday.”Davion didn’t answer. The doors groaned open.Beyond them, a massive chamber stretched out, layered in cables and steel. At the center stood a pulsing reactor core—glowing red, alive, angry. Tubes snaked into the walls, feeding something deeper.And in front of it… stoo
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