Steve froze, blood pounding in his ears. He wanted to ask Dot what was going on, wanted to call out to Ray, but some base instinct overrode the impulse. A primal nature he’d never needed to tap into knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that adding sound to the room would be a bad idea.
Light on his left drew his eye, the flash in the dim room flaring black orbs in his vision, then replaced by a strobing flicker.
“My access to the electrical system is intact. It seems the fixtures have been damaged. Please see if you can fix this on your end.”
Steve suppressed the incredulous laugh that boiled from his throat at Dot’s assessment. Convinced he should remain silent, he kept his snarky reply to himself.
“Dot, are you able to connect to our remote server?” The scientist’s voice swung Steve’s a
