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.

hardly knowing each other. Yet she

saw his face for the first time. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ

woman Philip was holding

her into the base earlier, and now she was here

by the crazed researchers, and her face

darkened, followed by

finish his thought, he denied it,

close, imprisoning

the face, but even the mannerisms, so similar. What

was sharp; he didn't believe in such coincidences. This resemblance had to be intentional. But

Maja?

to break

"Who are you?"

had never met the man in person. Philip

to speak, a bullet whizzed past his ear toward 00. The shot hit her shoulder. She looked

with a

to the scene. He made to pull the

Who ordered

"Philip, I saw her."

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

she was holding one, she

Philip above all. If this woman was

a small knife, ready to slit Philip's throat at any moment. Because his animosity towards Maja left her

to hide. Had her protective suit not been torn, she might have maintained her

with a gentle smirk in

won't kill me. Seen Summer around? Phil,

approached cautiously, still

"Tell him what?"

say she's the spitting image of

Cynthia locked away for years, never letting

he saw

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