Memory flashes behind her eyes again.
Painful ones.
“They used it to move children between sectors without guards seeing us.”
The oldest boy quietly adds:
“The elevators don’t show on the main system.”
Gabriel’s eyes widen slightly.
Hidden routes.
Of course.
Wu built secret movement channels inside the bunker itself.
Clay. Focus.
“Can it get us to Wu?”
Hannah hesitates.
Then nods once.
“Yes.”
Russ immediately points toward Mason.
“You get the children out.”
Mason nods sharply.
“We’ll hold upper sectors as long as we can.”
Lucas checks his rifle magazine.
“How many are going down?”
Russ looks at the reactor timer.
00:26:02
Not enough time.
Not enough anything.
Finally he says:
“Small team moves faster.”
I already know where this is going.
Russ points immediately.
“Me.”
“Clay.”
