Five minutes later, Helma was sprawled in a crimson pool.Monkey stood by, looking to Ethan for orders. "Sir, should I keep going?"Ethan rose, phone in hand, and began to record Helma's battered form with a perverse attention to detail. He chuckled, then took out a steel pen, running its tip across
Charles was a bundle of nerves. "What if we get caught? Won't they just punish us worse?"Helma's face was all business, her voice ice cold. "Charles, I'm getting you out tonight because if we don't, it'll be too late.""What do you mean?""Ethan's planning to off you tomorrow morning! This is our l
Darkness enveloped the sewer.Charles's voice was tinged with panic. "Are we really going to make it out?"Lawrence, at his limit, snapped. "Would you keep it down? Even whispers echo in this tight space!"Felix led the way, their cell phones in hand, but the fear of being discovered kept them from
Helma's face turned to ice, and Lawrence lunged at Charles, grabbing his collar as if they were about to throw down.All of a sudden, they all went pale.A cacophony erupted from above. "Did you hear that? There's a noise coming from below!"Helma's heart raced."Get down, don't stand right under h
Her face jerked to the side from the impact, and she spoke with a raspy voice, "What, you're lining up someone to beat me up again?"He grabbed her chin, his grip icy, "You think I don't have the guts to kill you, huh?"Helma cleared her throat, a hint of defiance in her tone, "Kill me, and your lit
Helma locked eyes with Ethan. The guy who had tried to beat her was now sprawled on the ground, and with Helma and Ethan deep in conversation, the rest of the crew did not dare make a move.Biting back her frustration, Helma hissed, "Alan is going to hear about this."The air crackled with tension.
The men scrambled out, leaving Owen alone with his fury, which he took out on the desk with a solid thump.His phone buzzed, cutting through the silence. He took a deep breath, checked the caller ID, and his anger waned a bit. It was Neil. Since landing in Cerezo Isle, he had been off the grid, avoi
Ethan frowned as he looked at the miserable woman lying on the ground.This was a method Osprey used to control others, and Helma really pissed him off.He also thought about how this strong woman would look after being controlled by the terrifying Glacier.Would she be like those people in the past
With everyone else keeping mum, Silver Obsidian cut to the chase, "We'll go with Helma's plan."For six months straight, Serena had practically lived in the lab. At first, Starlight Blossom did not seem to do much. Everyone was on edge, wondering if it would make any difference at all. Then, in the
During her month off, Helma took a break from the daily preschool runs and whisked her kids away on a travel spree.The trip was not without its scares—Serena had a severe bout of illness.Helma was prepared, yet the sudden severity of the attack caught her off guard.Without a second thought, she r
Under the questioning eyes of the crowd, Helma fired up her laptop and plugged in a USB stick.The video started playing on the massive screen.The timestamp in the corner showed it was from two nights ago.Usually, the lab was locked up tight after hours, and by eight or nine, the research center w
Hort watched her walk away, a storm of emotions on his face.Ever since she joined the research center, he had seen Wendy as this super-capable girl with a heart of gold.Whenever the team hit a wall with the experiments or the data just would not play nice, Wendy was the one who would spark up the
The poor thing's symptoms were straight out of a horror flick: muscles clenching like crazy, nerves on fire, bleeding inside, gasping for air, and foaming at the mouth. Some of them even had their hearts stop cold turkey.According to the timeline, the rat had been juiced up with three rounds of Sta
With the report out of the way, the experiment team kicked things into high gear to wrap up their project.The meticulously calculated data was in, and the verdict was clear: Starlight Blossom's effects were rock-solid stable. The only thing left for the lab mice was one final shot.The brain trust
"Come on, you think the boss is scatterbrained like you? Someone totally did this on purpose!" "Who would do something that evil?!" "Guess we're gonna have to push back the presentation." Everyone looked like they had lost their best friend, except Wendy. She had this worried frown, but her eyes w
After pulling two all-nighters, Helma had the report materials ready to go.The research center was deserted.She stretched, yawned, and glanced at the clock. One AM.She powered down her computer and left, still yawning.Once she was gone, a sneaky figure slipped into the office...Deputy Commander
Helma had tried to get the scoop from Leon, but the guy was like Fort Knox—nothing useful ever slipped out. Therefore, she backed off from the matchmaking game. Still, she was not blind to Wendy's little crush, especially with errands like these document deliveries. "You got it, boss," Wendy replied