Maja stretched out and patted her on the shoulder in a comforting gesture. Then they both lay down onto the thick grass to catch

sZ's.

Restlessly twisting and turning, Maja couldn't find sleep at first, but she forced herself to close her eyes and drift off.

When daylight broke, they nibbled on scrackers and resumed their trek. Nana surveyed the terrain, her brow furrowed with

concern.

"We've only cacross fragments of the research base so far. I bet the main complex is still out there somewhere, just tossed

around by the quake. If we had a chopper, we could spot that big building in no time. If it had its own earthquake defenses, then

maybe just the outer sections got crushed, and the core might be intact. But chances are, anyone inside got knocked out cold."

Maja was of the smind, silently praying that lan and the others were in the core, holding onto a sliver of hope for their

survival.

She searched fruitlessly until the afternoon, her stomach growling with hunger. Suddenly, the sound of a helicopter filled the sky,

and her phone rang. It was Beck.

"Maja, where are you?"

Surprised by Beck's swift arrival, Maja quickly relayed her location. In no time, the helicopter touched down nearby.

She grabbed Nana's hand and they sprinted towards the helicopter.

looking grim. Upon seeing Maja, he gave her a thorough once-over. After confirming she was

a sigh of

ran off to this godforsaken

from Dylan, but lan had given him an

cbecause you've got

more the merrier, right? This place caught the big shots"

lan a while back -destroy the base in exchange for taking Patric

out of Windhelm. The base was clearly

investment.

does that mean he and

frowned at Maja's anxious

landslide. The full picture's still murky. Hop on

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

get on. I'll have another chopper pick her up. Don't wander around here. The government's written off this land.

pledge a few hospitals to

sparked an

before discovering the core structure of the research base about three

away.

remnant was severely damaged, with numerous researchers sprawled

alive, haha, like a

real

I get here? I feel

were on the

the people, but neither lan nor

more

you seen him?" She showed a photo of lan on her

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