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 a thorough once-over.

sigh

ran off

lan had given him an

you cbecause you've got

back you up. The more the merrier, right? This place caught the big

a while back -destroy the base in

to get Patric out of

investment.

does that mean

anxious expression

made the quake worse, triggered a landslide. The full picture's still murky.

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

then, get on. I'll have another chopper pick her up. Don't wander

pledge a few hospitals

could've sparked an

discovering

away.

was severely damaged, with

we're alive, haha, like a

the real sky? The

I get here? I feel awful,

survivors were on the ground, all

but neither lan nor Dylan were to

the more

him?" She showed a

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