Marcus gathered everyone in the main cavern. Twenty-five fighters. All that remained after the battle.
"Mitchell is coming. Fifty agents. Heavy weapons. We have three hours to prepare."
"We should evacuate," someone said. "Run while we still can."
"To where? They know about the Sanctuary. They will hunt us down wherever we go."
"Then we fight."
"With what? Half our fighters are injured. We have no experimental serum left. No heavy weapons. We are barely holding together."
The room fell silent. Everyone knew Marcus was right. They could not win this fight.
A woman stepped forward. Rachel. Sarah's sister. She had chosen to stay during the evacuation.
"I have an idea. But you are not going to like it."
"What idea?" Marcus asked.
"We surrender. But not to Mitchell. To the public. We
