The hospital in the North District was once a grand hotel, but now its marble halls were choked with emerald moss and the smell of ozone. Xin and Mei had arrived at midnight, escorted by a small team of Resistance regulars. Their mission was simple: install a massive Eco-Link array to power the life-support machines for the hundreds of survivors still recovering from the Void-chills.
The lobby was dark, lit only by the faint, pulsing green glow of the vines growing through the elevator shafts.
"The connection point is in the basement," Mei whispered, her voice echoing off the high ceilings. She clutched her hexagonal device to her chest. "If we can hook into the primary Root-vein down there, we can light up all twelve floors."
Xin nodded, but he felt a cold prickle at the back of his
