Maya's Seeker glowed gold at midnight. Not red. Not yellow. Gold.
“New color,” Julian said. “What does it mean?”
Dr. Ellis stared at the screen. “I've never seen gold. The fragment is pure energy. No host. Just a floating shard.”
“Where?”
“Phoenix. An abandoned power plant.”
They flew through the night. The plant glowed through its cracked walls. Golden light pulsed like a heartbeat.
Kira covered her ears. “It's humming. Not a song. A scream.”
“Fragments don't scream,” Dr. Ellis said.
“This one does.”
The Power Plant
They entered through a broken door. The main room held a golden shard. Size of a baseball. It floated ten feet off the ground. Heat waves rose from it.
“Don't touch it,” Julian said.
Leo stepped closer. The shard pulsed. A tendril of gold light shot out. Touched Le
