Chapter 67

Citizen Hill

Text filled her vision: Oxygen Saturation 68%

Citizen summoned all the strength she could. There were no more cyber reserves left to draw from.

She willed herself to get up and fight.

The hideous, gray-green monster walked toward her. She had to do something. The thought of her mother came up out of nowhere, and she remembered reading the files.

Her mother's look of defiance, even in the face of an impossible situation, spurred her on. The woman who was taken from her so long ago had fought against the Federation. And now, Citizen was doing her part. She couldn't fail.

The thought of her lost mother, their cause, Elysium, and now Bless trapped inside the vault along with all the brave residents who had given their lives in the rebellion today, all welled up inside of her in a ball of rage and power. Something inside gave her strength, and she shot up to her feet.