under his control
“She was never alone in that network, Liam. She built something to protect herself in case she failed. A counter-AI. A second entity.”
Ava’s chest tightened. “What kind of entity?”
Morgan’s answer was almost a whisper. “The kind that calls itself god.”
The ship shot into the clouds, leaving the ruined valley behind as a faint signal blinked red on the satellite feed far above Earth one word flashing again and again:
REBOOTING.
As Ava clutches her stomach, she hears the child’s faint voice in her mind for the second time soft, urgent, and afraid.
They’re coming, Mother. And they’re already inside the sky.