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CHAPTER 92 — THE CURFEW OPERATION
The shack felt like it was closing in on me. Every creak of the walls made my heart jump. Every groan of settling wood sounded like the whole structure was about to collapse and bury me alive. I sat on the edge of one of the salvaged seats, my hands gripping my knees, staring at the place. One strong wind, if wind even existed down here, and the whole thing would come down on top of me. A sharp ringing sound cut through my spiral of anxiety, making me freeze. It continues, slowly growing faint until silence fell again. That must've been the curfew. But yet, sleep didn't come. I needed to get out of here. Out of this shack, out of this underground city. But how? the toxic air at the surface would kill me if I tried. Even if I could somehow retrieve my suit, I had no idea how to navigate back to the surface. The tunnels twisted and branched in ways that made no sense. I'd be lost within minutes. And then there was the matter of what they'd do to me if I got caught. I had
CHAPTER 91 — THE HIDEOUT
The crossbow bolt hovered inches from my face, unwavering. My breath caught in my throat as I stared at that sharp metal point, waiting for the inevitable. Then the girl shoved the person holding the weapon, hard. He stumbled backward, the crossbow swinging away from my head. "Get off him, you idiot!" she snapped. "You're going to scare him away with your ugliness." A burst of laughter erupted from somewhere to my left. I twisted my head to see another figure doubled over, clutching their sides. "His face!" the laughing one wheezed between gasps. "Did you see his face?" I lay on the ground, confusion replacing fear. What was happening? The girl extended her hand toward me, her expression softening slightly. "Don't worry. They aren't who you think they are." I stared at her outstretched hand, my mind struggling to process the sudden shift from mortal danger to... whatever this was. "Katseye!" A voice called from deeper in the shelter. "Don't ruin the party before it even starts
CHAPTER 90 — THE UNDERGROUND CHASE
The guards yanked me to my feet, their grips like iron vices around my arms. My injured leg buckled, sending a fresh wave of pain shooting up my thigh. "Wait……I didn't know—" I started, but one of them shoved me forward, cutting off my words. "Save it for the Council," the taller guard growled. The crowd parted like water, faces turning away as we passed. No one would meet my eyes. The woman whose bag I'd recovered had already disappeared into the maze of bodies. My heart hammered against my ribs. I scanned the crowd desperately, searching for the girl, but she'd vanished too. Of course she had. She'd warned me. She'd told me exactly what not to do, and I'd done it anyway. The guards hauled me down a narrow alley between two crumbling structures. The walls pressed in from both sides, close enough that I could touch them if I stretched out my arms. Ahead, I glimpsed what looked like a checkpoint with more guards, a makeshift barrier and some kind of processing station. This w
CHAPTER 89 — A NEW WORLD
Something soft cradled my body. It was too soft, too cozy and too comfortable. Was back in the sphere? Maybe finally in my new apartment I haven't gotten the privilege to visit since I passed the trial. Wait! Am I home? My eyes snapped open and I launched myself off the surface, stumbling as my feet hit solid ground. Pain shot up from my injured leg, but it held my weight. I spun around, staring at the strange cushioned thing I'd been lying on. This is definitely not home to me. "Easy there, you're going to ruin the work I'd just finished." The female voice came from my left. I whipped around to see her standing at the other side of the room. She had bronze skin with black hair that was packed up in an uneven way as loose strands were seen around, almost similar to Sorayah's style but with no braids. That's when I really noticed what she had on. Rough fabric, almost like rags, held together by rope from head to toe. The material looked weathered, patched in
CHAPTER 88 — PARALYZED
I stared at her, entertaining many questions that kept racing in my mind. How did she even get in here? Who is she? Is she a mutant? Before I could piece it together all my thoughts to actually talk to her, she swatted my hand off her and slammed me hard. My body hit whatever I was on hard and decided to pin me down. My shoulder blades pressed against the cold surface, sending jolts of pain through my arms. "Hey! That's enough!" I gasped, trying to twist free. "Stop! You're going to break my arm." She said nothing, neither did she loosen her grip. She just stayed there, silent and unmovable, like a statue pressing the life out of me. "Please!" The word tore from my throat in a cry that echoed off the walls. And that's when she finally released me. I sucked in air as I still couldn't move my body. Using my other hand to massage the pain swelling in that arm. “Who are you?” I asked but got no response from her. “Where are you taking me to?” still she didn't answer the questio
CHAPTER 87 — BENEATH THE GROUND
The descent into darkness was violent and disorienting. I couldn't tell which way was up. My body tumbled through space, bouncing off tunnel walls that seemed to close in from every direction. The creature's talon still gripped my leg with crushing force, dragging me deeper into earth that should have been solid but gave way like water. My helmet slammed against something hard and the faceplate spider-webbed with cracks, alarms shrieking warnings. I tried to activate Radar Sweep but the system wouldn't respond, overwhelmed by the chaos or damaged by the impacts. I see nothing but darkness and pain and the occasional glimpse of the creature's scaled body as it keeps pulling me through passages too narrow for something its size. We were descending at impossible speeds. The tunnel walls blurred past, and I realized with growing horror that I was going straight to the creature's lair with an impossible idea on how I'll get out of it. My suit had an emergency release mechanism f
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