The crying didn't last. It couldn't. The sound of it was all wrong in that room, with the dead lying around and that deep hum coming up through your boots. Elena sucked in a sharp breath, wiped her face on her sleeve, and it was over. The tears were gone. Replaced by nothing. Just empty.
Colonel Rahim's soldiers moved down into the arena. They stepped over the Gen-2 bodies, checking for pulses. There were none. The scientists were huddled together. One of them was throwing up in a corner.
Rahim came over. He looked at Elena, not me. "The virus triggered a kill switch. Not a cure. A termination command. Your mother's work… Voss must have tampered with it."
Elena just nodded. She stared at the canister in her hand like it was a dead thing.
"We have the control room," Rahim said. "We cont
