Hex POV
Running through a dark warehouse full of armed guards was not on my list of relaxing evening activities.
Yet here I was.
I moved quietly between stacks of containers, trying to stay in the shadows.
Behind me I could hear shouting.
"Find him!"
"He's loose!"
Yeah yeah.
Working on it.
Then suddenly—
ALARMS
Red lights flashed across the warehouse.
Sirens screamed.
My stomach twisted.
That was not a good sign.
Then Kaiser's voice echoed through the building.
"Welcome, Luna Byte."
I froze.
Jay.
She was here.
Already inside.
"…No no no," I whispered.
This was exactly what Kaiser wanted.
I ran toward the main floor area and peeked around a container corner.
Across the warehouse I saw movement.
Figures.
Jay.
Keifer.
Yuri.
Section E.
They were inside the building.
Exactly where Kaiser wanted them.
A digital screen lit up on one of the walls.
Numbers appeared.
05:00
Then they started ticking down.
04:59
04:58
Five minutes.
Five minutes until the explosives blew.
My chest tightened.
Jay and the others had no idea.
I stepped back into the shadows.
"…Well," I muttered quietly.
"This just got interesting."
And then I started running toward them. ⚡