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The anchor cracked.Kelvin didn't move.Neither did anyone else.A deep growl came from inside the darkness.The crack widened.Black energy poured across the floor.Jacob stepped backward.“Kelvin…”“I know.”Another crack appeared.Then another.The entire anchor began breaking apart.Gale raised his staff.“Everyone get behind me.”Leisa moved beside Jacob.Adrian grabbed the control panel.“I'm shutting everything down!”The machines exploded with sparks.Adrian jumped back.“It won't respond!”The anchor shook.A hand pushed through the crack.Kelvin stared.The hand was enormous.Its fingers were covered in black energy.Gale's expression changed.“Move!”The anchor exploded.A wave of darkness threw everyone across the chamber.Kelvin slammed into the wall.Jacob crashed onto the floor.Leisa rolled across the ground.Adrian disappeared beneath a fallen metal panel.Gale landed on one knee.The chamber fell silent.Kelvin slowly lifted his head.Dust filled the air.Something w
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“Kelvin.”The voice came from the darkness.Kelvin froze.Everyone heard it.Jacob stepped closer to him.“That was you.”Kelvin shook his head.“No.”The emergency lights came back on.Red light filled the chamber.The black anchor was still beating.Thump.Thump.Thump.But the voice was gone.Adrian stared at Kelvin.“What did it say?”Kelvin looked at him.“My name.”Gale raised his staff.“Don't listen to it.”Kelvin turned toward the anchor.“Why?”“Because whatever is inside that thing knows how to get into your head.”A low laugh came from behind them.Elias.“You still don't understand.”Kelvin turned.Elias was standing beside the entrance.“You keep thinking the first vessel is somewhere beneath the city.”Kelvin narrowed his eyes.“It isn't?”Elias shook his head.“The first vessel has been awake for a long time.”Everyone went silent.Jacob looked at him.“Then where is it?”Elias looked directly at Kelvin.“Here.”The floor cracked.Kelvin's eyes widened.The seventh ene
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Kelvin ran.The others followed.The underground chamber was already beginning to collapse behind them.Chunks of stone fell from the ceiling.Metal pipes burst from the walls.Black energy raced through the cracks in the floor.Jacob looked back.“Are we sure going back to the old district is a good idea?”“No,” Kelvin answered.Jacob blinked.“That was quick.”“We don't have another choice.”Adrian was running beside them.“The second point is probably connected to the first.”“Probably?” Jacob asked.Adrian looked at him.“We don't have time for perfect information.”Gale suddenly stopped.Everyone nearly crashed into him.He raised his staff.“Quiet.”Kelvin listened.Nothing.Then—A scratching sound came from behind the wall.Leisa stepped closer to Kelvin.“What's that?”Gale's eyes narrowed.“They followed us.”The wall exploded.Three Shadow Hunters came through.Kelvin moved first.His fist struck the nearest Hunter.The creature flew backward.Another Hunter swung a blade a
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“Let’s move.”Kelvin pushed through the exit first.Gale followed close behind.Jacob and Leisa came after them, with Adrian bringing up the rear.The moment they stepped into the corridor, the lights went out.Leisa stopped.“Again?”A low vibration passed through the floor.Kelvin looked ahead.Nothing.Then the emergency lights came on.Red.One after another.A metallic voice echoed through the corridor.EXTRACTION POINT ONE: ACTIVE.Kelvin tightened his fists.“Where?”Adrian pointed toward the far end.“East.”Gale shook his head.“No. That is too easy.”Kelvin looked at him.“We don't have time.”“I know.”Gale stepped closer.“That is exactly why they want you to think that way.”Kelvin stared at the corridor.Four hours.Seventeen percent already taken.And something beneath the city was waking up.He couldn't afford to hesitate.“We go east.”Gale sighed.“Then we go prepared.”They started running.The corridor shook again.A section of the ceiling collapsed behind them.Ja
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Kelvin hit the floor hard.“Mom!”He pushed himself up.Smoke covered everything.“Mom!”No answer.Kelvin ran toward the broken chamber.The glass was gone.The machines were still running.Amara was gone.Kelvin stopped.“No.”He searched through the smoke.“Mom!”A hand grabbed his shoulder.He spun around.The Shadow Heir stood behind him.“Don't.”Kelvin shoved him away.“Let me go!”“She isn't there.”“You don't know that!”“I do.”Kelvin's eyes burned.“Then where is she?”The Shadow Heir looked toward the machines.“They moved her.”“Where?”“I don't know.”Kelvin grabbed his armor.“You said you knew this place!”“I knew the old facility.”Kelvin pushed him away.“And you knew my mother.”“Yes.”“Then find her!”The Shadow Heir stared at him.“You're losing control.”Kelvin's hands began glowing.“I'm not.”The floor cracked beneath his feet.The Shadow Heir looked down.“You are.”Kelvin looked at his hands.The six powers were moving around him.Fire.Water.Wind.Earth.Li
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The portal closed behind them.Kelvin opened his eyes.They were standing in an abandoned street.The old district.Broken buildings surrounded them.The streets were empty.Not a single person was outside.Kelvin looked around.“This is where the facility is?”The Shadow Heir nodded.“Beneath us.”Jacob looked at the cracked road.“You're telling me there's another laboratory under all this?”“Yes.”Adrian looked at the Shadow Heir.“How do we get inside?”The Shadow Heir pointed toward an old building.“That way.”They moved quickly.Kelvin stayed near the front.Gale walked behind him.For several minutes, nobody spoke.Then Kelvin stopped.He looked at Gale.“You knew my mother.”Gale stopped too.“Yes.”“What was her name?”Gale hesitated.“Amara.”Kelvin repeated the name quietly.“Amara.”Something stirred inside his mind.A woman's voice.A warm voice.“Kelvin, don't be afraid.”He grabbed his head.“Wait.”Leisa moved toward him.“What is it?”“I remember something.”The memo
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