MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
It was a fragment of the Source-Core’s primary CPU, mindless and ravenous, driven by a singular, recursive command: Reintegrate the Seed.
"The Veil isn't ready!" Vala shouted, her gills fluttering in a frantic blue rhythm as she struggled with the salvaged bio-reactors in the courtyard. "We need four more cycles to stabilize the Prometheus frequency! If we turn it on now, it will just act like a flare in the dark!"
Nevan was already moving, his hands locking onto the handles of the heavy iron doors of the villa. "Get Leo inside! Vossen, get the refugee to the cellar! Gianna—"