Maya's Seeker stayed quiet for four days. Then it exploded with red light at 3 AM. Not a blink. A continuous flare.
“What is that?” Julian asked.
Dr. Ellis checked her tablet. “I've never seen a reading like this. The fragment is creating multiple energy signatures. Copies of itself.”
“Copies of itself or copies of people?”
“People. The host is generating duplicates of anyone he touches. But the duplicates are hostile. They attack the originals.”
Kira listened. “The host is in a prison outside Denver. He's a convict. He touched a rock in the exercise yard. Now he can copy anyone. The copies are fighting the guards.”
Julian grabbed his cane. “We go to the prison. Now.”
The Prison
The prison looked like a war zone. Guard towers had broken windows. The fence had holes. Inmates ran eve
