Rika and Max snap back to reality at the same time, their bodies tense, their minds still racing from what they just witnessed.
The air in the room feels thick, pressing against them, making it hard to breathe. For a moment, neither of them speaks, as if the weight of what they just saw is too heavy to put into words.
Ace steps forward, his eyes sharp. "What did you see?"
Jun, Rey, and Kieran are all watching them now, their expressions unreadable, but their posture tense.
Max swallows, looking at Rika. Do we say it out loud? Do we even understand what we saw? But there's no way they can keep something like this to themselves.
"You're not going to believe this," Rika says, still breathless. "We found her. The girl. But…" She hesitates. "She was somewhere we never expected."
Ace narrows his eyes. "Where?"
Max exhales. "Something like a hospital. But not just any hospital. It looked like some high-security medical facility."