The flashing lights in the power unit created an ominous glow throughout the surroundings, with shadows twirling rapidly as the shaking grew. Grace grabbed Lucas' arm, her voice quivering. “Lucas, the system—it’s crashing. We can’t stop this.”
Lucas’s blue eyes locked onto hers, his calm anchoring her spiraling panic. “We’ll figure it out. We always do.”
Henry, leaning against a terminal, smirked despite the chaos. “You two are adorable, but in case you haven’t noticed, the entire city is about to plunge into darkness.”
Lucas turned sharply, his tone ice-cold. “Do you have a solution, Henry, or are you just here to narrate?”
Henry pushed off the terminal, his expression turning serious. “The grid collapse will overload everything, causing a surge that’ll fry every connected system in t
