CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Right before Seth could pull the trigger on the g*n, the lights flickered above and then suddenly went out, plunging the whole laboratory into darkness. A second later, however, red lights along the walls turned on, which seemed to be backup lights, casting the lab and everyone within it in a disorienting red glow. “What?” said Seth. He lowered the g*n and immediately pulled out his phone. “Anna, what happened?” This time, I could clear the harried voice of a woman on the other end say, “I don’t know, sir! It looks like someone knocked out the Vault’s power supply. I’ve been trying to get it back online, but only the backup generators work. I think they might have cut our power lines entirely.” Seth’s eyes widened when he heard that. “Cut our power lines? Impossible.

