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Hayley slammed the throttle forward and shot across the sea, clearing the fighter jets' range in seconds.She lifted her head and looked back at the aircraft pulling away behind her.They gave up?No way Scott suddenly went soft and let her go. Her gaze settled on the last helicopter, the one that looked different from the rest.Someone had let them go.Hayley wasn't the type to stand on ceremony. If someone let her go, she wasn't about to question it. She just ran with it."Move!"They drifted across open water for a full day.There was no signal at all. Nothing but ocean in every direction, no towers, no relay points. There was no way to reach her league. By her estimate, they were already on the far side of the ocean.It was way too far out.She needed a signal tower. That was the only way to reconnect.Near evening, her device finally picked up a weak signal."There's a signal tower over there!"Following the signal, she found a small survivor base on an island. The is

"Wait!" Hayley called out to the starry-eyed man. "What exactly is Ascendant Creed trying to do?"The man stopped, something heavy settling across his expression. "Ascendant Creed's goal is evolution. Stop going up against them. Even if you destroy the Sovereign Academy, the Sovereign Research Institute, or Sovereign Industries, you still won't touch their core. Those are just the surface. Go back and lie low. Stay away from them."He finished and walked straight toward the helicopter behind him, its engine still running. The rotors thundered as it lifted off and disappeared into the distance.Hayley stood there, the word "evolution" echoing over and over in her mind.At 3 a.m., a Haylight League helicopter arrived. Under the startled eyes of Tavian's people, Hayley led Ruby and the others aboard."Hey, don't forget to introduce me when your aunt wakes up!" Tavian shouted."Of course. I'll tell her there's a handsome guy here who fell for her while she was asleep."Tavian beam

"Aunt Ruby?"Hayley's eyes lit up when she saw Ruby open hers.The next second, Ruby coughed up a mouthful of bright red blood. "Ugh!""Aunt Ruby!" Hayley dropped to Ruby's side immediately, grabbing her wrist. Her skin was ice cold, like a corpse's. "Aunt Ruby..."Just then, Alex came rushing over."Hayley, we just received a message from Ascendant Creed."He pulled up a recording and hit play."Ms. Reid, you've impressed us once again. To Ascendant Creed, you are now invaluable. Your aunt has been injected with a special compound. Without the antidote, she won't last a week. We have no desire to harm you or anyone you care about. Join us. The great Ascendant Creed is where you belong, and you will become its true leader. You have my word."Hayley stood there, listening to the cold, emotionless voice, lofty like some distant god. Her chest rose and fell, anger simmering beneath the surface."Don't listen to them."An old voice cut in.An elderly man in a wheelchair approach

Leonard, Thomas, and Robert stayed outside the shelter around the clock.Jim and the others were called back as well and stationed outside. No one was allowed in. Hayz and the drone radar system monitored everything inside the shelter.This time, not even a fly was getting through. No one was sneaking in under her watch.Hayley had already learned her lesson the hard way.After settling Ruby in, Hayley headed out again with Griffin as usual. The helicopter lifted off, bound for Fairfield once more.On the way, Hayley reviewed the latest reports from the league.In such a short time, the league had grown fast.After Milo took Crestford, Alex suggested building signal towers across Brookville, Crestford, and along the outer canyon zone, broadcasting their signal outward.They had started getting responses from distant bases.The three Ark bases had also received a steady stream of replies.Across the vast inland, more bases had been discovered.So far, aside from Clark Base, t

Hayley stepped off the helicopter.Everyone below went still."Damn… She's gorgeous.""Yeah, she's even prettier than Mrs. Kinsman!""In a world like this, can someone still look like that?""She looks like some kind of goddess."People stared, eyes wide.In the apocalypse, a pretty face was hard to come by.Back in the early days, being beautiful was a liability for most women. But by the mid to late stages, it became a symbol of power and status.Everyone knew how hard it was just to get enough to eat, so anyone who could stay clean and look that good had serious backing.Hayley stepped off the helicopter in one clean motion, like something descending from the sky, completely out of place with everything around her.No one there could compare.Clark's eyes lit up the moment he saw her. He strode forward, voice firm and steady. "You're Ms. Reid?""That's me." Hayley looked him over as he approached. His cotton jacket was worn, patched in places.He looked to be in his