The final echo of the Cerberus Unit's destruction faded, leaving only the sparking sizzle of the broken sonic device on the floor. The massive circular blast door, its lock disengaged by the death of its guardians, began to groan. Ancient hydraulics, dormant for decades, awoke with a sound like tectonic plates shifting. The door ground open, inch by painful inch, revealing the heart of Alcatraz.A blast of hot, ionized wind hit them, carrying the smell of burning ozone and raw, unfiltered power. Jack shielded his eyes against the sudden glare."My God," Ben Carter whispered, his voice trembling. "It's... it's the center of the world."They were standing on the precipice of a colossal, cylindrical cavern. It was a hollowed-out space inside the island’s volcanic root, easily a kilometer wide and stretching down into an infinite, lightless depth. The walls of the abyss were lined with towering machinery—cooling rods the size of skyscrapers, conductor co
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