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.

her a thorough once-over.

a sigh

you know that? After you ran off to

from Dylan, but lan

did you cbecause you've got

The more the merrier, right? This

deal with lan a while back -destroy the base

get Patric out of

investment.

you, does that mean he and lan

frowned at Maja's anxious expression and quickly

the quake worse, triggered a landslide. The

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

her up. Don't wander around here. The

few hospitals to get clearance for our

sparked

circled the area before discovering

away.

severely damaged, with numerous

made it; we're alive, haha,

that the real

here? I feel awful,

a dozen survivors were on the ground, all in bad

the helicopter landed, Maja scrambled among the people, but neither lan nor

more lucid

showed a photo of

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