SYSTEM SEA-Z: Saving The Scientists

of the narrow alleyways around him. He couldn't get out of that building for good. It was temporary at best. Not a c

he instructed breathlessly, his voice

nderground parking garage a few blocks away caught Jill's attention. He used to observe from there during his patrol office days. The dimness and twiste

quickest route there," Jill said,

replied, the map adjustin

lipped inside through an emergency exit and took off running down to the lowest levels. The air was damp and co

eserted. His ears strained for the silence as if he strained them to detect any other noise than his breath and the

If The Nexus has a mole feeding them information, then we're at a d

the mole. But in our situation right now, the closer to imminent would be obscurin

ing we go off the grid-ditching anything that can be tracked,

ecommend getting hardware that can put out co

e. His heart quickened as he sidled behind a pillar, peering upwards toward the entrance ramp. He could make out silhou

ll whispered, his muscles tens

-Z replied. "They are approaching ca

ake them all on, yet he couldn't hide forever. He needed

ng? We need to douse those lights," he said, his gaze racing a

ed with effort for a second. "Light

ack. Jill's eyes quickly adapted to the darkness, aided by the low-light enhancement overlay SEA-Z that

ser to them, catch them off guard before they even realized what was going on. He pick

! He's here, somewhere!" The operatives started fanning out, t

ng of the metal pipe toward the nearest operative and caught him across the back of the head. The man w

ve yelled, raising his weap

the array of parked cars for cover. He couldn't take them all down one by one-not without being c

ms," Jill whispered, knee

alarms," S

loud din reverberating back and forth off the walls. The operatives whirled aroun

r saw it coming, and before he could get a word out, Jill whipped up a swift strike to his jaw, dropping him cold. The o

en route," SEA-Z warned. "We mu

g time. He scrambled up to his feet and darted towards the exit ramp, cut f

ut onto the street as another black SUV skidded to a stop alongside, more reinforcements spilling ou

th an intensity that went far too high for coincidence. They had information, resources,

breath. "And we're not going to find them runni

heir known facilities and start our inquiry there. We may gain som

ley; his direction was now certain. Time to flip th