Chapter 48: The Battle of Chicago

Eliza listened to the footsteps of everyone trooping into the large lab where, only moments ago, Lukas had been showing her his prized creation with a glee at the intersection of schoolboy and mad professor. He was breathing, she saw. Apparently, several rounds from a shotgun were not enough to bring down a werewolf permanently. That was good to know. She looked over at Sarah and Nick. She was still crying. His face was a pale grimness.

Lukas’ hand was scrabbling at his pocket. He was trying for his cellphone. Eliza wondered if he was struggling to dial 911. He was desperate, Eliza reasoned. Phones didn’t work in any of the KunstKorp restricted areas. She didn’t even work in one, and she knew that. Besides, if what Nick had said about the FBI’s involvement was true, she wondered if it would even matter. If she’d understood Mark Duquesne’s explanation, they were all about to be put into some sort of hell coma anyway. Why not fight back? What were they going to do, kill her?