The grinding stone grew louder.
Whoever had found the hidden entrance was moving fast.
Anthony switched off the flashlight.
"We don't want to give them an easy target."
The flashing red emergency lights cast long shadows across the tunnel as the four of them hurried forward.
Evelyn clutched the silver flash drive inside her jacket.
Benjamin held the notebook so tightly his knuckles had turned white.
Behind them came voices.
"They're in the passage!"
"Don't let them escape!"
Anthony glanced over his shoulder.
"Run!"
The tunnel widened into a circular chamber.
In its center stood a massive metal door engraved with the familiar emblem of a tree enclosed by a circle.
Above it, faded bronze letters read:
GENESIS ARCHIVE
Beside the door was a biometric scanner unlike any Evelyn h
