Torres converted the medical bay into command center within twenty minutes. Holographic displays filled the room. Satellite feeds tracked the seventeen consciousness seed locations. Quantum signatures pulsed across screens like heartbeats.
"We need three teams," Torres said, pulling up tactical maps. "Team One focuses on locating and protecting the forty-seven natural integration subjects. Team Two investigates X-One and X-Two's current operations. Team Three prepares David's quantum signature for weaponization."
"I will lead Team One," I said. "Natural integration recognizes natural integration. I can identify subjects faster than equipment can verify them."
"I will assist," Subject Seven added. "I retain fragments of the entity's consciousness mapping protocols. I can predict which su
