Taming the void

ridors were now cracked and overrun with moss and vines, and the faint hum of malfunctioning machinery still echoed through the air like a ghost

him tense. He hadn't let his guard down once since they entered, and he didn't

real challenge now was figuring out what to do with Bella, whose condition was only getting worse. Despite the medicine

a was still unconscious, resting on the bed they had fashioned for her. Chloe had made it clear that they needed to do more

yes scanning the darkened hallway outside the lab. "I

not being just a weapon, but something far more dangerous. He didn't like the implications, but he had no choice but to

d stood, wiping her hands on her pants. "She's

it was a research facility, they had to have studied the Shard

ever they were working on here, it wasn't just about the

d. "What do

y knew. "I'm talking about the Void itself. The Shard wasn't just a tool. It was part of an entire resea

"And what does that have

after the power of the Shard. They're after the ability to c

different story. The Void had always been a mystery, something they had been warned about but never fully understood. Now, it seemed like th

rgency in his voice cutting through the conver

cracked and their keyboards covered in dust. She began sifting through the piles of papers,

the hallway. The tension in the air was palpabl

hey aren't already, they're close. It

atched Chloe search through the disarray of

th. "Found it." She held up a thick binder filled wit

e was feeling. "This... this is it. The Void Project. They weren't just experimenting with the Sh

raced. "A ri

The Shard was a part of that process-a way to stabilize the connection. But it wasn't supposed to be used like

. "And Bella... she's

wo worlds. The Shard is trying to merge with her, to force her

nd. The power of the Void was like a black hole, sucking everything into its dept

appen," Finn said, h

said urgently. "If there's a way to sever the connecti

We find whatever it takes to stop this, and we

"And if the Strynx are already here, we'll need to de

Finn's. "Then let's get moving. The mor

urnals as they desperately searched for a solution. The sound of their footsteps was the only noise in the otherwise silent f

omething that made her stop dead in her tracks. Sh

a backup plan in case of an emergency. They knew the rift would be dangerous. They built a syste

ped a beat. "How

system. We need to get to the central control room. It's deep in the facility. But if we c

esitate. "The