Epilogue

Slams echoed from within the North City.

Pavement crackled at a higher altitude.

A rampaging beast tore its way across the parking lot, in an attempt to seize the life of one who ran.

He who ran pulled another; an act of generosity considered unusual for the individual's embodiment.

The colleague was limp unconscious. His white dress shirt smudged against the rubble as he swam in his own self-imposed deception.

Phase 3 had been initiated.

All were told to eliminate a single person.

Reed Regardius.

24 hours would count down to its last second.

Nearby the ruckus, left forgotten on the pavement, was a device.

It had subconsciously fallen from the depths of wrath.

The screen was lit with a single message, and a familiar acronym.

{ Survive.

- A.X.A. }