Director Jian Wu remains perfectly still.
Hands folded behind his back.
Watching the screens in silence.
Around him, Sentinel personnel move rapidly through the command center trying to contain the disaster.
“River purge failed.”
“Recovery teams lost contact.”
“Tunnel sectors collapsing beneath District Four.”
“Multiple child subjects unaccounted for.”
Failure.
Failure everywhere.
One frightened technician finally whispers:
“Sir… Subject Thirteen escaped.”
Wu’s eyes lift slowly toward the monitor displaying grainy river footage from above the Dâmbovi?a.
Hannah.
Soaked from the river.
Standing beside Clay Mercer beneath the bridge.
Alive.
His expression never changes.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
Because she survived far longer than projected.
Even after memory reactivation.
Even after exposure.
A quiet voice behind him finally speaks.
“You underestimated her.”
Wu turns slightly.
The woman from the tunnels steps into the command center dripping river water and blood.
Dr. Erika Moss.
Alive.
Of course, she survived.
