her blood running cold. 'Initiate Protocol Omega. Maximum

eps echoing in the silence of the subterranean facility. Two g

d, her voice shaking slightly as she

, glanced at his partner. "Seriously?

ders," Evelyn said, tryi

guard, Peters, said fla

hed. "What do you me

head. "She's gone, Doc. About an hour ago. J

e was dead. The years of systematic, brutal data extract

a new, sharper fear taking hold. "I

ndary. He wouldn't just fire

stoicism gone, replaced by a flicker of

, began to form. "We have archives. All the old compositions. We can create a simul

eyebrow. "He'll know. He alw

looked at the closed door to Chloe's room. "And the body... we have to get rid of it. No traces. We

silent agreement passing between them

rk's office. It was a complex amalgamation

ed his senses. The intricate patterns were back, sharp and

ve of satisfaction. "See, Doctor?" he murmured

he server farm. 'Composition acc

but a flicker of strategic sense, he added another line. 'Reduce the ambient temp

the machine for

was soothing Mark, but when Linda tried to replicate it, to truly own it, the system returned an error.

The deception had begun to unravel, and s