Chapter 14: Escape Velocity
The bunker was tearing itself apart. The self-destruct countdown echoed over the PA system. "T-Minus sixty
seconds."
Jack limped to the blast door, overriding the manual lock to pull Lily out of the core chamber. She leaped into his
arms, trembling violently.
"We have to go," Jack gasped, his vision blurring from blood loss and pain.
They navigated the collapsing corridors, dodging falling debris and panicked mercenaries who were too busy trying
to save themselves to care about an ex-agent and a little girl. They burst through the surface ventilation grate just as
the ground beneath them began to heave.
Jack dragged Lily toward the tree line. A massive shockwave hit them from behind as the geothermal plant
imploded, sending a geyser of flame and concrete high into the stormy sky. They were thrown into the mud, safe
but battered.
Jack rolled onto his back, staring at the rain falling from the night sky. He was alive. The Genesis project was
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destroyed. Evelyn and the Impostor were dead.
He looked at Lily. She was staring past him, toward the ridge.
