Chapter 9 - The Key to Annihilation
Ava bolted toward the central console.
“Fire! Bring her down!” Holloway screamed.
The cavern erupted in gunfire. Bullets sparked against the alien metal.
Ava dove behind a raised platform. Two bullets tore through her calf, but she barely felt the pain. The silver blood instantly clotted, pushing the lead out of her flesh.
She reached the console. It was a smooth pillar of dark metal.
“Don't do it, Ava!” Holloway yelled, advancing with his men. “If you plug that in without the suppression algorithm, they will wake up confused! They’ll tear this continent apart!”
Ava hesitated. Her father’s journal echoed in her mind. It’s a hive-mind interface.
She didn't need to suppress them. She needed to protect them.
She slammed the coin into the slot on the console.
The entire ship hummed. A blinding blue light shot through the floor, connecting to every single pod in the room.
Ava grabbed the edges of the console. She didn't type on a keyboard. She pushed her mind into the machine.
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Suddenly, she felt them. Hundreds of minds, sleeping, dreaming.
She was their anchor.
