The crystal continued to crack.
Thin fractures spread through its glowing blue surface like lightning beneath glass.
The warning sirens became deafening.
"Critical failure in sixty seconds."
Evelyn stood frozen.
In one hand was the sealed folder.
In front of her was the Genesis Core.
Behind her stood the people willing to risk everything to protect it.
And only a few feet away...
The man responsible for her parents' deaths.
The Black Circle leader slowly rose to his feet.
Blood trickled from a cut above his eyebrow, but he was smiling.
"Do it," he said.
"Destroy it."
Evelyn stared at him.
"You want me to?"
He nodded.
"If Genesis dies, no one wins."
Anthony frowned.
"He's lying."
Michael shook his head.
"No."
"He isn't."
Everyone turned toward him.
"The Genesis Core
