193

For a moment, you think you see something darting towards you, and you get a flash of heat as it runs past you. You throw yourself to the side to avoid whatever it is that was running past you, and you look around quickly once more, just in time to see your door swing open and slam shut again. Okay…there's something very weird and wrong going on here, you think to yourself as you grab your pistol and your phone, then rush out the door.

As you run out of your bunk, you see a few people being brushed aside by whatever it is that just came out before you, and you chase after it, yelling at all those who are lying on the ground to call for backup and to inform Altug that there's an invisible intruder in the base. You contemplate firing at it, but you don't dare the risk of taking a shot; you might end up hitting someone else instead, since you can't clearly see what you're shooting at.

Still, the trail of the thing that you're pursuing is unmistakable: it seems to be heading towards Altug's office. Well…at least she should know that something's headed her way, you think to yourself. As you suspected, it is headed towards Altug's office, and you see your one-eyed superior already outside the door, shotgun in hand. She yells at you, and you throw yourself to the side just before she opens fire.

The slug she fires slams into something, and you see an after-image flicker before you.

Next