Gabriel physically blocks me.
“If you go down there now, both of you die.”
Rage explodes through me so fast I almost hit him.
Almost.
But then—
through the steam below—
I hear Hannah’s voice crackle over the comm.
“Gabriel, I found the override wheel.”
Thank God.
Gabriel immediately grabs the terminal mic.
“Okay listen carefully.”
“You have to manually vent coolant pressure first.”
Below us, reactor light flashes violently through the chamber.
The heat alone rising from the lower level feels inhuman.
How the hell is she still standing down there?
Hannah’s breathing sounds rough over comms now.
“There’s radiation leakage everywhere.”
Wu laughs weakly from the floor beside Russ.
“She won’t survive long enough anyway.”
Russ calmly points his rifle at Wu’s head.
“Keep talking.”
Wu smiles blood through his teeth.
“You think she’s saving children.”
“A new facility will replace this one before sunrise.”
I step toward him slowly.
Every instinct in me screaming violence.
“Where?”
Wu just smiles wider.
No answer.
Fine.
