Astronia.

Maja scrolled through the endless barrage of online posts confirming that Wendy had been virtually tarred and feathered by the

unforgiving public. It was only then that she allowed herself a smidgen of satisfaction.

She couldn't bring herself to call Zoey. She knew it would just be another round of apologies and all that.

Right now it was better for anyone to disturb Zoey, who needed a little peace and quiet, stto rest up. Rubbing her tired

eyes, Maja shut her laptop, only to be gently chided by the woman beside her.

"You really should cut down on screen time, especially with the baby on the way."

Maja splashed swater on her face in the bathroom. When she returned, her eyes were still tinged with red. There had been no

word from lan for a week, she hadn't really had enough rest recently, and her nights were riddled with nightmares.

After dealing with the online storm back home, all she felt was exhaustion. Another day passed without a peep from lan. Maja was

growing impatient. She called Beck, hoping for a shred of news.

"Nothing yet, Maja. Don't get too worked up. The research base's layout is a maze; they might be out of reach for now."

"And what about Forbidden Island?” Was Cynthia still giving everyone the silent treatment?

Beck's smile faded at the mention of Forbidden Island, "It's the same. She screams whenever anyone tries to approach. No way to

communicate. The engineering department is working double-time, but the basement's design is too clever. It'll take months to

crack."

Feeling the weight of her concerns, Maja pressed her lip and ended the call. No matter how worried she was for lan, her only choice

was to wait in the hotel.

the research base, lan had spent days familiarizing himself with the layout, yet he

exchanges with Walter had

Chamber 8; lan noticed the researchers hadn't slept

energy to greet as they

subject of Chamber 8 had gone berserk the previous night. The higher-ups had wanted to parade him out like a Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in

clawed two men before being sedated and returned to his chamber. His fingernails

blood, lending

These few nights when he went to the hatch,

recognized

ever spoken. During his there, he

were roars and

lan returned to Sarah's core lab. Sarah was deeply

the effects of a new

Chamber 8 tonight. He planned to create

higher-ups were holed up.

stood at the lab bench, methodically handing over reagents to the Doctor, but Sarah didn’t take over, and furrowed

instead.

switched on a device

small screen, save for one - the uniformed man

man was debating heatedly with the others, one hand propping against

of the

you are the one who created this

out, a conference held by the higher-ups was underway about the fate of the weapon. The weapon's

now a few chairpersons coveted it, though there was

core members sat at the

unmasked man. Her image filled the central conference

one should have it. Let's

around

were twenty chairpersons in the running; the position was deemed high despite the numbers,

was global, and the privileges of

eyebrow, a smirk playing on his lips, "Indeed,

term."

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