Kade’s POVThe facility shook again, harder this time. Red emergency lights strobed across the hallway like blood pulsing through veins.Unit Prime’s grip on my throat loosened for a split second as it tilted its head, listening to something only it could hear. “Forsaken protocol, unauthorized.”I drove my knee into its gut and shoved it back. “Sounds like your masters are eating each other. How does that feel, you lab-grown freak?”Prime smiled, black blood dripping from its mouth. “It feels efficient. One problem takes the other one away.”Liora appeared at my side, breathing hard, knife still clenched in her fist. “Less philosophy, more dying, asshole.” She slashed at its face, opening a deep gash across its cheek.Sable fired three rounds into Prime’s back. “Kade, the override! Hit the self-destruct! We can still blow this place!”I ran towards the shattered control panel and started ripping wires, trying to trigger the manual sequence. Sparks flew everywhere like I was trying to
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