Chapter 6
In the briefing room, X, Shortcut and Fahrens stood before the Council. The Council hadn’t cleaned up yet from Xadrian’s attack, and they were covered in dust. A digital screen on the wall replayed Jeanette Crenshaw’s speech on one half and the news on the other half. Even at low volume, Jeanette’s voice mixed in with the news anchor’s in a cacophony of gibberish.
X leaned against the wall with his arms folded. The ridges of the mahogany molding left lines in his suit, but he was too focused on the mission at hand to move.
“What Crenshaw said,” the Councilman from North America asked, “is it true?”
Shortcut gulped as he nodded. “We did detect new androids in the city. Crenshaw must have left them during her first attack.”
“But she only attacked the headquarters,” the Council
