Thirty-Nine
But I was fast. I took the sword aimed at her feet while evading the weapon and swung. She slipped away, somersaulted on the wet ground and jumped up, hair soaked from the water that somehow covered the ground.
We were equals.
I peeked at my timer while I ran. Five minutes, 50 seconds. I had to get Prometheus into the tube and out of Rahab’s body before the clock ran out. It had to get her into safety. I raised my sword and sprinted, aiming it at Kaari. She just stood there, didn't even move away. I took the sword, ran it inside her belly, inside her guts. But she just smiled at me with an evil, wicked smile. She didn't bleed. She didn't die. She was only code, not flesh or bone. How could I destroy a code? How could I presume to kill it when there was nothing to kill? Was t
