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. After confirming

sigh of

After you ran off to this godforsaken place, I've been catching

from Dylan, but lan had given him

cbecause you've got

up. The more the merrier, right?

Seems he had a deal with lan a while back

deal lan struck to get Patric out of Windhelm. The base was clearly toast, tfor Bernard to check

investment.

does that mean he and lan

anxious expression

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

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

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

hospitals to get

sparked an international

circled the area before discovering the core structure of the

away.

remnant was severely damaged, with

we're alive, haha,

that the real sky? The

did I get here?

on the ground, all

people, but neither

more

you seen him?" She showed a photo of

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