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That single thought just slams your mind as you stare at Morgan's exposed face, and you're barely able to hear Altug screaming at you to shoot her, but your arm refuses to move and aim at her. For her part, she just stares at you for a while before she turns around and charges at Altug, just as she opens fire on her. She dodges the shot and grabs her shotgun, crushing the barrel effortlessly with one hand before she swings her fist into her face, smashing her aside.

As Altug slams against the wall and slumps to the ground, leaving behind a bloodied trail on the wall, you snap to your senses and open fire on Morgan, who dodges your shots and darts into Altug's office. You run into the room after her and see her at Altug's table, rummaging for something. You fire a few shots at her again, and she ducks under the table to avoid getting hit.

As you fire into the room a few more times, you see Morgan sticking her arm out and tossing a bolt of power in your direction, forcing you to take cover. As the bolt flies past you, your phone beeps and you glance down at it: it's a message from Balogh, saying that everyone is headed your way. You don't bother to respond, though; you're more interested in stopping Morgan from doing whatever it is she's doing.

You peer into the room once more and see her moving away from the table, clutching something in her hand, and you fire at her arm, trying to get her to drop whatever it is that she's holding. Your shot hits her in her arm, but she shrugs it off and hurls another bolt of dark power at you, forcing you to dodge it, and the sound of breaking glass lets you know that Morgan has escaped by jumping out of Altug's office window.

As you peer inside and see that Morgan is gone, you hear the sound of running feet and turn around to see Balogh and the rest of your team running up to you. "What the hell happened here?" he demands as Larry goes over to Altug's side to check on her. You take a deep breath and tell them that they're not going to believe what just happened, then you explain everything to them. There's a moment of silence after you've told them your story, and two words escape Balogh's lips after the moment has passed.

"Well, shit…"

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