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His physical voice sounded tense now.

He watched as Illeg and Ontari peered inside, using penlights to illuminate the greenish-blue walls. Now that he could see with his physical eyes, he was even more impressed with Illeg and Rex’s work. The safe’s walls were at least four inches thick, cut at a diagonal angle to fit perfectly over the organics-lined cavity. Even with the physical brightness dimming his Barrier sight, Loki could see the density of those veins ofaleimiclight, pulsing under the strength of a full-blooded organic.

“Tick-tock,” Holo muttered.

Loki could not disagree.

He watched as Ontari, Rex, and Illeg began pulling out data keys, stacks of paper, and larger organic devices. All but the paper appeared to be made of next-gen organic tech. The three of them started to examine individual pieces.

Loki snapped his fingers, loud.

“Pack it up,” he said, sharp. “All of it. We’re leaving.”

Chapter18

No Easy Exit

They used the elevator to return to the ground floor.

Loki originally considered the below-ground tunnel, thinking it might be safer.

Yumi agreed.

Something caused Loki change his mind before they’d even started in that direction?some tightness in the higher areas of his light, which felt clear for the first time since he’d left the Chinook. Adrenaline and fear of death were apparently the thing to finally penetrate the light obsession Loki suffered since he first laid eyes on Gina Vasquez.

In any case, he had his team abort.

Mika and Jax were already fighting with the elevator doors when Yumi pinged him via the link.

“Do not use the underground exit, brother. Repeat. Do not use the underground tunnel. Acknowledge receipt.”

“Acknowledged,” Loki said. “Can you tell me anything?”

“Reception party. We’re working on getting you more intel now. They have seers with them, brother, so we’re working to crack the mobile construct they’re using.”

“What about the elevator?”

“Clear for now. Secondary teams are approaching from the south and west. Advise leaving through the East Wing or the North Portico?”

“Government?”

“We think so. But you understand they may not be only that?”

“Copy. Understood.” He glanced at the others, knowing they hadn’t heard him through the sub-vocals. “They have seers,” he said through the link.

Ontari, Holo, and Rex all looked at him.

Mika and Jax managed to pull the doors apart a few inches.

Jamming the jack into the opening they’d created, Mika activated the power source on the semi-organic and the tool moved smoothly, forcing the heavy doors apart with a metallic screech.

Loki sent the pulse to move.

His team filed into the elevator.

Ontari slipped through the open doors first, kneeling by the open panel inside. By the time Loki entered and moved to the back, Anale had already re-opened the secondary security panel while Holo worked quickly to reattach the power source.

The squids sparked withaleimiclight as Anale and Holo spoke to them.

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