After his frantic call, Ace burst into the cannery, his breath ragged from sprinting. His words, "He's coming for all of us. Run!", echoed in the sudden, dead silence of the cavernous space. It was a death sentence, delivered in person this time.
For a single, terrifying moment, everyone was frozen. Evelyn's face was a mask of pure panic. Silva was so stunned he didn't even move, and a bag of coffee beans fell from his limp hand, spilling all over the floor. Kaito's fingers were poised above his keyboard, his eyes huge behind his glasses.
Kaito was the one who snapped into action. He smashed his hand down on the enter key. Suddenly, the main computer screen turned a bright, warning red. A loud, blaring alarm screeched through the room—a sound they had built but never hoped to hear.
"It's the perimeter alarm," Kaito said, his voice strangely calm compared to the noise. "They're here. They've already tripped the outside sensors. We have about a minute and a half before they get in."
