Pulls me back.
Real.
Warm.
Human.
Not Ascension.
Me.
Wu continues calmly:
“You could still help them survive what comes next.”
Gabriel looks up sharply from the terminal.
“What does that mean?”
The facility lights flicker violently.
And suddenly, the bunker shakes.
Hard.
Dust explodes from ceiling vents.
One of the children screams.
Gabriel’s face drains of color as he stares at the terminal.
“No…”
Russ looks over.
“What now?”
Gabriel slowly turns toward us.
“He armed the reactor.”
Silence crashes through the checkpoint.
My blood turns to ice.
Lucas stares at the screen.
“You mean overloaded?”
Gabriel shakes his head once.
Slowly.
“He turned the entire core into a failsafe bomb.”
Oh my God.
Wu’s voice lowers almost gently now.
