40Cairn and the Reds marched Scott down a dimly lit gray corridor ending in big double doors. Scott stood there a moment, staring at his reflection in the doors' silver surface...and then they slid open, shooting into the frame on either side.
For a moment, Scott stood there on the brink, taking in what he could see of the room on the other side. Even from the doorway, it looked vast.
"Go ahead." Cairn nudged Scott's back with the touch of a gauntlet's finger. "They're waiting for you."
"Keep your shirt on." Scott stepped through the doorway and found himself on a ledge without any railing, gazing into a cavernous chamber.
Instantly, he realized that he'd entered a nerve center of enormous proportions, a giant cylinder big enough to hold three ships the size of the Sun Bin laid en
