Alpha Orion
The footage stabilised, grainy black-and-white images showing the door to the containment chamber sliding open.
A figure slipped in, their build small and agile but familiar. Malcolm's blood ran cold as he leaned closer to the screen. "Zoom in." He spat, his eyes still glued to the screen.
The image sharpened, and Rey's face came into view, eyes wide and weary but no less determined.
For a long moment, no one dared breathe.
Malcolm's jaw clenched so tightly it could have cracked bone. "No," he whispered, disbelief bleeding into rage. "She wouldn't—"