The tunnel seemed endless.
Kai and Eric ran through the darkness.
Behind them, distant impacts echoed through the sewer network.
Each one sounded like a cannon firing underground.
BOOM.
BOOM.
BOOM.
Andre.
Fais.
Still fighting.
Kai hated it.
Every instinct told him to go back.
To help.
To do something.
Anything.
Instead—
He kept running.
Beside him, Eric was breathing heavily.
"Left."
They turned left.
"Right."
They turned right.
"Straight."
Kai finally snapped.
"Do you actually know where we're going?"
"Surprisingly, yes."
"That's not reassuring."
"It should be."
"It really isn't."
Another impact echoed behind them.
Dust fell from the ceiling.
The tunnel shook.
Eric glanced back.
Then immediately ran faster.
"That's bad."
Kai frowned.
"What?"
"The shaking."
"You've said that three times."
"And it keeps being true."
The architect pointed ahead.
"The supports here are connected to the central chamber."
Kai remembered.
The pillars.
The reinforced beams.
The modified structures.
Everything Eric had shown them earlier.
"The whole place is connected?"
"Unfortunately."
"And?"