CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2027 11:24am
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“What’s happening?” Mike asked again, pacing back and forth past Marcus’s still body.
“I had to turn the power back on, Mike,” said Kim’s voice through the drone head. “I didn’t want to risk your systems being disrupted.”
“Yeah, I get that, but where’s the detective? Why hasn’t she checked in?”
“I don’t know. She should have called by now. All I’m getting on her line is voicemail.”
Mike paced more, looking down at Marcus every several passes. He didn’t move, only the gentle rise of his chest indicating life. Mike stopped and looked across at the different passages again.
“We need to do something,” he said. “The longer we wait the better chance that thing will find us.”
“You can’t leave Marcus, Mike. You need him t
