Yannick's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He stared at the motionless figure hanging above the gates, and every sensation in his body seemed to shut down at once. A crushing pain tore through his chest. He fell from the side of the vehicle and hit the ground, coughing up blood! 'Hailey, how could you die? How could you just be gone like this!' The deputy commander arrived with an advance team and froze when he saw the figure suspended from the tower. He recovered first and rushed to help Yannick up. "Mr. Landry... stay with me. I'm sorry." Yannick threw off his hand. His voice held the rigid certainty of a man refusing reality. "This is a Northgate trick. That isn't Hailey." The deputy stood speechless, his own eyes turning red, unable to utter a single word. Yannick abruptly turn

