Chapter 121: Rescuing Apollo

Gabriel clung to my hand as we stepped out of the veil and into the basement at the Zornov's. Simon and Owen both looked up, panic on their faces, as I appeared.

"We were just about to call you," Simon said, all trace of his grudge against me gone.

"Tell me." I held Gabriel close to me while I joined the boys at the monitors.

"We lost contact with Apollo about fifteen minutes ago," Owen said. "We thought it was a tech glitch at first." They'd been happening all along, five or ten minute stretches of time when the camera would go dark or the mic would lose power. But Apollo always managed to figure out what was wrong and reconnect. Not this time, apparently. The screen that usually showed his continued existence was dark, the speakers quiet.