The bunker door slammed shut. Not from wind. Someone pushed it from outside.
Leo tried to open it. Wouldn't budge.
“We're sealed in,” Leo said.
“By what?” Pip asked.
Julian walked to the door. Ran his hand over the metal. A thin blue light covered the surface.
“Fragment,” Julian said. “Someone put a barrier on the door.”
Kira closed her eyes. “I hear a man outside. He's laughing.”
“Only one man?”
“Yes. He's alone.”
Dara grabbed her blade. “One man locked us in?”
“His fragment creates hard light barriers,” Kira said. “He can make walls anywhere.”
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The Demand
A voice came through the metal. “Julian Vance. Give me the Origin fragment. Open the door. I let your people go.”
“Who are you?” Julian shouted.
“Name's Porter. I worked for Briggs. Now I work for myself.”
“Briggs is
