Chapter 6 - The Free Fall
The glass shattered. Kaelen fell backward, blood spurting from his nose.
Chaos erupted in the lounge. Maya lunged forward, her fingers wrapping around the obsidian pendant. She yanked. The chain snapped.
"I have it!" Maya screamed into her comms.
"Get to the chute! Run!" Silas yelled back.
Laser fire scorched the air above her head as Enforcers poured into the room. Maya sprinted across the balcony, the wealthy elite screaming and parting like a frightened flock of birds.
She reached the edge of the glass railing. Below was a hundred-foot drop into the sector’s internal hydro-canals.
She didn't hesitate. Maya dove over the edge, plummeting through the warm, artificial air. She hit the water with bone-jarring force, the command key clutched tightly in her fist.
She swam through the underwater exhaust grates, bursting into the maintenance tunnels where Silas was waiting in a skiff. He hauled her out, coughing up water, but triumphant.
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"We have the key," Maya gasped.
Silas gunned the engine. "Hold on. We’re going to the Core."
