Don’t look at the screen! Look at me!" Arkan’s voice wasn't just a shout; it was a rhythmic pulse of static that made the liquid hydrogen around them boil into a violent froth. His human hand gripped Maya’s wrist, his fingernails digging into her olive skin until blue-white energy began to seep from the contact. "Maya, if you sync with that voice, your heart will stop before we hit the next valve! It's a bio-logic trap!"
"It’s her, Arkan! I can feel the sequence... she’s not a recording!" Maya’s head thrashed in the sapphire fluid, her eyes turned into twin pits of iridescent white fire. "She's tellin’ me why we were there! Why the Azure had to die!"
"The Azure died because your daddy wanted to upgrade his stock portfolio with human souls, Doc!" Riley roared, her voice vibrating through
