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.

gave her

sigh

know that? After you ran off to this

lan had given him

did you cbecause you've

the merrier, right? This place caught the big shots" attention. Bernard from

Seems he had a deal with lan a while back

out of Windhelm. The base

investment.

sending you, does that mean he

anxious expression and quickly

explosives inside made the quake worse, triggered a landslide. The full

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

her up. Don't wander around here. The government's written off this

hospitals to get

sparked

before discovering

away.

severely damaged,

we're alive, haha,

real sky? The

get here? I

survivors were on the ground, all in

helicopter landed, Maja scrambled among the people, but neither

more

him?" She showed a photo of

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