After wandering around all afternoon, Phil was ready to head back to his room when he bumped into someone coming the other

way. His observation skills were sharp, and he instantly recognized the person as someone who had bumped into him before.

He had investigated all the recent deaths, and among them were six individuals from Windhelm. That was curious because

Windhelm folks were rare in these parts, but to have six appear in one month was beyond unusual.

He knew he had to inform Philip and urge him to be on guard, but the collision left him feeling woozy, as if he had inhaled

something. lan's drugged concoction was potent, meant to muddle the senses for days on end.

What lan didn't realize was that Phil had grown up in a research base, rendering him immune to most chemicals.

Shaking off the disorientation in mere seconds, Phil grabbed lan's arm with a swift motion. lan, quick on his feet, kicked Phil away

and vanished into a crowd dressed in hazmat suits.

Phil hit the ground, clutching his aching chest. He quickly got up, eyes red, and went to find Philip.

"Sguy just drugged me. My head was spinning for a few seconds, but he doesn't know I grew up in the lab, immune to all that

stuff."

Philip's eyes lit up slightly, a smirk forming on his lips, "Find out anything else?"

"Yeah, Philip. There's a strange number of Windhelm people dying off lately. The research base is usually filled with faces from

North America or Astronia. Hardly any Windhelmers. But this month, six of them kicked the bucket. Pretty odd, huh?"

their midst. He chuckled, his

confused by Philip's reaction, asked curiously, "Something amusing on your

out and clapped him on the shoulder, "I

good spirits lifted Phil's mood

away, inspected the vial

to

and with Philip mostly confined to

darkening. He suspected he had blown his

surely pick up on any clue that lan had arrived at

on when he felt the ground tremble. He hadn't noticed it when Sarah

up from the soles of his feet, sending

core lab, where Sarah was already waiting, her

drug didn't work on Phil. Seems

this region. If your explosives go off inside the base, it might trigger it. Should we

nature, human efforts seemed insignificant.

was aware of

week or just a few days. If they detonated the bombs tonight, the quake could bring

nightfall. Who would survive

local officials were woefully unprepared for earthquakes, and with the recent disease outbreaks, a

area into

troubled. No one could guarantee survival against a natural disaster. But

Philip's voice suddenly

seek. And remember,

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