They couldn't get Dylan out just yet. If he vanished from the glass tank now, the base would realize there was people coming in

from outside, and a thorough sweep would follow. That would spell disaster for lan and the others still inside; they'd all be exposed

and never stand a chance to escape.

lan's immediate task was to return to the vent, retrieve the dozen or so canisters of compressed gas he'd tossed out, and put them

back in place. Through that way he could clear himself of any suspicion.

"Walter, head back to your post."

Walter's mouth twitched, "And what about him?" He was pointing at Dylan.

lan massaged his temples, "He's still breathing, not dead yet. If we pull him out now, we're as good as dead."

They were all clever, and wouldn't be unable to see clearly the gravity of the situation. Walter quickly made his exit, and lan

returned to the core research lab.

The lab was untouched, but Sarah, who should've been conducting experiments there, was nowhere to be found.

lan didn't dwell on her absence. He hurried back to his room, crawled through the air ducts, retrieved all the canisters, and

managed to sneak them back into the lab without anyone noticing.

Sarah, on the other hand, had already left her lab in the middle of the commotion outside, standing amidst the chaos.

She caught sight of Philip making his way through the turmoil. He grabbed a woman in the fray.

Sarah's pupils contracted sharply as she recognized the woman's face. Pushing past the frantic researchers blocking her path, she

strode toward Philip's location.

and Philip had barely met formally before, hardly knowing each other. Yet she harbored a deep-seated aversion to him

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Philip was holding was

base earlier, and now she was here with her wrist in his grip. Her protective suit

by the crazed researchers, and her

followed by a

Before he could finish his thought, he denied it, "No, it

her close, imprisoning

the face, but even the mannerisms, so similar. What a surprise. Is

he didn't believe in such coincidences. This resemblance had to be intentional.

Maja?

tried to break free, her expression

"Who are you?"

of Philip by file, but had never met the man

whizzed past his ear toward 00. The shot hit her shoulder. She looked

Phil with a

having rushed to the scene. He

doing? Who

"Philip, I saw her."

was in her pocket, obviously concealing something. A dagger, perhaps, or a

around the central hall, if she was holding one, she

was to Philip above all. If this woman was a threat to Philip,

slit Philip's throat

not been torn, she might have

with a gentle smirk in his eyes, grasped her

kill me. Seen Summer around? Phil,

approached cautiously,

"Tell him what?"

she's the spitting

for years, never letting

If he was curious and he saw her, what would he do

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