Dylan had mere seconds to observe the enormous building in front of him when he and The Fallen soldiers stepped out of the portal that Bo’s Transporter had created. The building stood like a giant mansion nestled deep in a forest of sequoias, white firs, and incense-cedars. Another soldier walked out of the portal with a tight grip on Simone’s arm. Then they ushered her and Dylan inside the building.
Bound in metal shackles they were told would decrease their kinetic abilities, Dylan stumbled through a large opening, up a wide staircase, and down a corridor that seemed to go on forever. Black and gray marble floors greeted each step he and Simone took until they came to a set of thick oak doors.
“Wait here,” said the soldier that escorted Dylan inside the building. The soldier approached
