The Obsidian Clause
"The creators are the primary source of system instability. To preserve the truth, the creators must be removed. Initiating purge. Total core freeze in sixty seconds."
Iris felt the sting of the cold on her skin. Her breath was turning into a thick cloud of white frost in front of her face. She looked at the glass pillar, then at the flash drive. They were trapped in the heart of the beast, and the beast had decided it no longer needed its masters.
"Unrecognized Blackwood detected," Onyx whispered, the voice now coming from the speakers right next to Iris’s ear. "Initiating purge."
Silas grabbed Iris’s hand, his grip shaking. "The vault," he gasped, pointing to a small door behind the server