The BEEP BEEP BEEP of the warning alert sounded continuously, interspersed with the BLARE BLARE BLARE of an alarm.
The sound wasn't just audible inside the research lab; it could be heard in other parts of the base as well.
Lex Cross watched Leigh Atwood from the shadows, a grim look on his face.
There were no superpower fluctuations, yet a familiar energy signature remained. 'It's as if she intentionally let her energy leak out for me to detect.'
"Flora, we have to leave here immediately." Lex Cross materialized from the darkness, startling the researchers and superpower users in the room.
Everyone on the base knew who Lex Cross was. If it hadn't been for him and his group, many of them would never have escaped the old capital, Argent, to start the safe new lives they now lived here.
