Angeline wiped a smudge of soot from her cheek and laughed. "Messy? Cierra, that was art. We got the drive, didn't we?"
She didn't fall; she glided. Using a localized gravity-sink, Angeline descended toward a maintenance hatch three stories down. Cierra followed a second later, her descent controlled and silent, her eyes already scanning the internal schematics she had pulled from the cloud. Cierra_Bell_Angeline_Red_-_A_Perfect_Team_Addit...
"Where's the fun in silence?" Angeline grinned, stepping off the ledge. Angeline wiped a smudge of soot from her cheek and laughed
"You have two," Angeline said, her voice dropping its playful edge. She turned toward the hallway they had just exited. The red lights of the spire were flickering—a sign that the system had detected a heartbeat that shouldn't be there. Heavy footsteps echoed. The elite guard. didn't we?" She didn't fall