The shattered asphalt of the city's industrial sector gave way to a graveyard of rusted iron and crumbling masonry. The decommissioned kinetic-reactor facility loomed against the midnight sky like a hollowed-out concrete fortress, its massive cooling towers long silent and choked with weeds.
Jayden approached the perimeter with absolute caution. Light bent completely around his frame, his invisibility leaving him as nothing more than a ghost shifting through the dark. He paused at the tree line, his eyes scanning the exterior of the facility. The surrounding chain-link fences were intact, the rusted staging yards entirely deserted. There were no hidden vehicles, no thermal signatures visible on his immediate radar, and no ambient noise save for the whistling wind.
