Chapter 20
EARTH, North America
Dr. Peter Overton listened quietly to the patch manager give a new report.
“Things have taken a turn for the worse, sir,” Kira Banks said.
“Out with it,” Dr. Overton said. “I thought things were looking positive the last time we spoke.”
“Things have changed,” she said.
In the terraced programming room, she skipped down the terraces and activated a screen. Four squares were on the screen. Three of them were purple and glowing. The other two were static, gray squares.
“The processed foods have obtained another Cube,” Kira said. “They now have two in their possession.”
“And?” Dr. Overton asked.
“Our sources show that they are already headed for the last two,” Kira said. “We’ve run some models, and everything is telling us that it will be a matter of ho
