Vanessa's voice sounded scared over the comms. "Jonah, you are being followed! They're watching you!"
The words made Jonah instantly alert. He was holding on to a metal beam high over the brightly lit lab floor. His mind, which had been focused on scouting, became very clear. He quickly made Trace press its small body tightly against the beam. Its dark body blended into the shadows, making it almost invisible. He stretched his senses, using Trace's powerful eyes to look for who was watching him.
For a long scary moment, he couldn't see anything. The ceiling was a dark mess of pipes and beams.
Then, there was a quick movement. A small, black, spider-like drone was moving slowly on the beam just a few feet behind him. You could barely see it against the dark steel. It was a perfect, deadly machine, a robot hunter that was made to be sneaky and silent. Its single red eye glowed with a focused light as it searched for him.
