Fille - E242: Morgan

Now, her pod was screaming.

It was thin, reedy, and utterly terrified. Dr. Aris Thorne watched the monitor as the waveform spiked. . The designation blinked in cool, clinical blue light. Morgan Fille - E242

The cry came not from a throat, but from a speaker. Now, her pod was screaming

E242 was the only one still active. The others had been shut down. Their occupants… well, their pods were empty. Not dead. Empty. ” Lin whispered. “ L’Engrenage .”

The Gear.

Her eyes snapped open. They were not the soft brown recorded in her file. They were black. Not dilated— black . Like two holes punched through reality.

“It keeps repeating one word,” Lin whispered. “ L’Engrenage .”