The world map still hovered above the core facility.
Dozens of lights dotted across various regions.
Some red.
Some blue.
And now…
Several had turned black.
A color that shouldn't exist in the Nexus system.
A color unrecorded in any archive.
Silence fell over the room.
Everyone stared at the map.
Watching as black dots multiplied one by one.
Slowly.
But without end.
Orion was the first to move.
His fingers danced across the holographic panel.
Hundreds of data streams flowed before him.
But the more information that appeared…
The worse his expression became.
"Something's wrong."
He said.
Kael raised an eyebrow.
"Just 'something'?"
Orion didn't respond.
His focus was entirely locked on the data.
Guardian Omega stood still as well.
His eyes blinked steadily.
Processing a threat even his system couldn't comprehend.
Lucien looked at the world map.
Then spoke slowly.
"How many now?"
Orion answered without looking away.
"Twelve facilities."
Silence.
