Outside, the neon reflected off wet asphalt. The city hummed—less confidently, more carefully.
He tasted copper—old habit when fear strutted through his veins.
Meera set the commands. The city shuddered as circuits were rerouted, substations dimmed, and whole neighborhoods slipped into darkness like pages turning. But in the hospitals, lights steadied. Ventilators found priority on alternate power rails. The subway emergency systems engaged, halting trains safely between stations. The immediate massacre abated.
Outside, the neon reflected off wet asphalt. The city hummed—less confidently, more carefully.
He tasted copper—old habit when fear strutted through his veins.
Meera set the commands. The city shuddered as circuits were rerouted, substations dimmed, and whole neighborhoods slipped into darkness like pages turning. But in the hospitals, lights steadied. Ventilators found priority on alternate power rails. The subway emergency systems engaged, halting trains safely between stations. The immediate massacre abated.
