And I’ve never seen him look this cold before.
“You hear that, Wu?”
No answer.
Russ nods once.
“Good. I wanted you listening.”
Gabriel suddenly curses at the terminal.
“I found the reactor schematics.”
Everybody moves instantly.
A digital map flashes across the screen.
Multiple underground levels spiraling downward beneath the bunker.
At the center—
Ascension Core.
And directly above it—
Command Sector Alpha.
Wu’s location.
Lucas studies the layout.
“One path?”
Gabriel shakes his head.
“Three.”
He points rapidly across the map.
“Main corridor heavily fortified.”
“Service tunnels unstable.”
“Emergency transit shaft…”
He stops talking.
Because Hannah’s expression changes instantly.
She recognizes it.
“The transit shaft.”
Gabriel looks at her.
“You know it?”
Hannah nods slowly.
