The shockwave dissipated, leaving a ringing silence in its wake. The sterile, hyper-illuminated Eclipse Harvest chamber was unrecognizable. Medical equipment had been reduced to shrapnel, the heavy UV-containment generators were sparking, smoking ruins, and the reinforced walls were dented where the

The mechanical screech echoed again, closer this time, bouncing off the damp concrete walls of the subterranean maze.

Before Aris could even process the sound, the flashing red emergency lights above them sparked violently and died. The hum of the backup generators ground to a halt.

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The stench of burning ozone and synthetic blood flooded the pitch-black corridor.

With a roar that shook the very foundation of the Tartarus Blacksite, Ronan wrapped his massive, shadowy hands around the Null-Hound's metallic throat. The beast thrashed wildly, its mechanical jaws snapping at the a