Sarah slowly smoothed her disheveled locks and plucked a tissue from the stack beside her to dab at her lips.

“lan, how many folks you got on the outside?”

The moment the words left her lips, lan knew that the map had indeed cfrom her. But as the key researcher in the project, she

shouldn't have had the chance to step foot outside.

“At the research base, we're talking a couple dozen. Beyond that, sky's the limit.”

Sarah lifted a hand to her temple, massaging it as she rose to her feet and walked out. lan trailed behind her, navigating the

extended corridor until they stopped at the research bench. Only then did she grip the icy edge of the countertop before her.

“As many as I want, huh? I suppose that answer will do.”

“And your role, Doctor?”

Sarah gazed blankly at the vial before her, a smile suddenly playing at her lips.

“I need a team, the bigger, the better. I want out of this place.”

She had set her sights on lan because she needed an ally. The effort it took to send that map was her at her limits. Despite

garnering ample trust within the base, she still couldn't leave.

“How did you manage to send out that map, Doctor?”

sip. Sweat had already

close shave. I couldn't make the map too obvious, but lucky for me,

because he knew about a

location, he'd pieced

anyone else, the map would have been gibberish. So, he surmised that another

a bit of a guess since he was

her temple, her physical state

you

“First, take out Summer.”

ask why Summer had to die. He could sense a potent emotion in her tone

after Summer's gone, then what? Got an

to forge a path out. Before, my own strength was just too

for over a

“My situation’s been unstable.”

“What do you mean?”

her temple as the sweat slid down her cheeks and onto

few years back, I helped a guy who bore sresemblance to you. He's the only one who's ever escaped from here - a

work. I thought the experiments would get the better of him, that he'd die

his chest. Without further explanation, he knew that man was his

fingers trembling slightly.

he slipped up. I thought it

one. He endured countless experiments daily, all on his person. Back then, the base

them into another brain. The technology existed

crude.”

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