apid succession. Then, with a loud pop, the

anicked, their holographic terminals casting fra

eached down into the dark, aim

r shoulder, a massive surge of st

backward. He clutched his wrist, the

rge on her!" Clayton yelled,

uniform's tactical shield. A faint blue honeycomb b

yper-thermal purple light pulsed from beneath

und her body warped and distorte

burst open. Gayla stood there, leaning heavily on a nurse

walked right in

Aislinn's glowing eyes locked on

" Gayla shrieked, her voice

ined grin. She raised her right hand. She p

electric pulse right at her fingertips. It was the pre-programmed biometric trigger. The encrypted si

ve of pure thermal energy bla

slammed him into the metal wall with bone-crush

deafening, high-pitched overload alarm shrieked from his chest piece as the blue honeycomb barrier instantly spider-webbed w

e wasn't me

slammed directly into Gayla. It sought out the freshly transplanted P

t a blood-cu

celess gene sequence inside her overloaded in a fraction of

. The expensive medical monitors attached to h

er each other, trampling hands

from her nose and ears, sliding down her neck. But her eye

e core b

y ceased to beat. Her body went rigid, an

glass. The heart monitor attached to her wrist let

enerators kicked in. Harsh, pale

ked at Aislinn's lifeless body lying in the spreading poo

s hand reaching out instin

hysterical scream tore through the corri