The desert station's main room had become a tomb of waiting.
Three days had passed since the attack on the Nexus. Three days of hiding, healing, and watching. The team was exhausted, their bodies pushed to the breaking point, their minds clouded with fatigue. But they couldn't stop. Not now. Not when the Ascendancy's leader was still out there, planning something even more terrible.
"We need to find the weapon," Axel said, his voice flat. "The one that can manipulate the weather. If we can find it before he does, we can stop him."
"How do we find something we don't even know exists?" Troy asked.
"We find the man who built it." Zayn stepped forward, his voice steady. "There's a scientist. Dr. Aris Thorne. He's the one who designed the weapon. If anyone knows where it is, it's him."
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