And the list still exists, and I’m no longer controllable
That makes me dangerous.
Very dangerous.
The tunnel ahead suddenly forks.
Eli points right.
“This way!”
Another explosion detonates somewhere behind us.
The shockwave slams through the corridor hard enough to throw Nora off balance.
Clay catches her before she hits the wall.
For one second she just stares at him in shock.
Like nobody’s ever caught her before.
Then she whispers:
“Thank you.”
Clay nods once.
No hesitation.
No suspicion.
Just kindness.
Wu would never understand that.
That’s why he lost.
Gabriel suddenly stops dead.
Everybody nearly crashes into him.
“What?”
He points ahead.
And my stomach drops.
The maintenance shaft ladder has collapsed.
Buried beneath twisted steel and concrete.
“No, no, no—” Nora whispers.
“We’re trapped,” Eli says.
Then, from somewhere behind us, a mechanical voice echoes through the tunnel speakers:
“Final collapse sequence initiated.”
