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. After

sigh

ran off to this godforsaken place, I've

just from Dylan, but lan had given him an

did you cbecause

merrier, right? This place

lan a while back -destroy the base in exchange

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

investment.

mean he and lan

anxious expression and quickly reassured

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

who's this?"

He glanced at Nana.

"My friend."

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

hospitals to

sparked an international

circled the area before discovering the core structure of the research base about

away.

severely damaged, with numerous researchers

alive, haha, like a

the real sky?

get here? I

dozen survivors were on the ground,

among the people, but neither lan nor Dylan were to be

more

you seen him?" She showed a photo

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