IZO44 AI PREDATOR
Too normal, perhaps.
Hours slipped by in careful preparation. They reviewed routes on paper, marking safe houses and dead drops. Marcus sketched watch rotations, his pencil strokes firm. Joel cataloged their remaining ammunition, counting each round as if it were a prayer.
Then the first tremor came. It started subtly. A low vibration in the floorboards, like a truck passing too close on the service road. Leila paused mid-sentence, her eyes meeting Marcus’s. The vibration grew, steady and unnatural. Dust sifted from the ceiling beams.