The core chamber was screaming. The giant crystal at its center, which had been glowing with a beautiful golden light, was now a blinding, angry white.
The alarms were so loud it felt like they were trying to shake the whole planet apart. The floor trembled under their feet, and cracks started to appear in the walls.
"It's a complete overload!" Zara yelled, her voice tight with panic. She was looking at her data pad, where red warning signs were flashing one after another. "The energy levels are going off the charts! The whole core is going to break apart!"
Ryan tried to use his power, to reach out and calm the storm inside the crystal, but it was like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. The energy was too wild, too chaotic.
Scarlett stood ready, her daggers in her hands, but there was nothing to fight. How do you punch a light explosion?
"Great," she muttered to herself. "We saved the library just so we could get blown up in it."
