Female NovelMaja stretched out and patted her on the shoulder in a comforting gesture. Then they both lay down onto the thick grass to catchsome Z's.Restlessly twisting and turning, Maja couldn't find sleep at first, but she forced herself to close her eyes and drift off.When daylight broke, they nibbled on some crackers and resumed their trek. Nana surveyed the terrain, her brow furrowed withconcern."We've only come across fragments of the research base so far. | bet the main complex is still out there somewhere, just tossedaround by the quake. If we had a chopper, we could spot that big building in no time. If it had its own earthquake defenses, thenmaybe just the outer sections got crushed, and the core might be intact. But chances are, anyone inside got knocked out cold."Maja was of the same mind, silently praying that lan and the others were in the core, holding onto a sliver of hope for theirsurvival.She searched fruitlessly until the afternoon, her stomach growling with hunger. Suddenly, the sound of a helicopter filled the sky,and her phone rang. It was Beck."Maja, where are you?"Surprised by Beck's swift arrival, Maja quickly relayed her location. In no time, the helicopter touched down nearby.She grabbed Nana's hand and they sprinted towards the helicopter.Beck climbed out, looking grim. Upon seeing Maja, he gave her a thorough once-over. After confirming she was unharmed, he letout a sigh of relief."You've got some nerve, you know that? After you ran off to this godforsaken place, I've been catching hell.”Not just from Dylan, but lan had given him an earful too."Beck, did you come because you've got news?""Dylan sent me to back you up. The more the merrier, right? This place caught the big shots’ attention. Bernard from Windhelmshowed up too. Seems he had a deal with lan a while back -destroy the base in exchange for taking Patric with him."So that was the deal lan struck to get Patric out of Windhelm. The base was clearly toast, time for Bernard to check on hisinvestment."Dylan sending you, does that mean he and lan are still alive?"Beck frowned at Maja's anxious expression and quickly reassured her."Yeah, the explosives inside made the quake worse, triggered a landslide. The full picture's still murky. Hop on the chopper, andwho's this?"He glanced at Nana."My friend.""Alright then, get on. I'll have another chopper pick her up. Don't wander around here. The government's written off this land. Wehad to pledge a few hospitals to get clearance for our helicopters.”Otherwise, they could've sparked an international incident.Maja boarded the helicopter, which circled the area before discovering the core structure of the research base about three milesaway.This hulky three-story remnant was severely damaged, with numerous researchers sprawled around it."We made it; we're alive, haha, like a dream.”"Is that the real sky? The sun.""How did | get here? | feel awful, ugh."About a dozen survivors were on the ground, all in bad shape.
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