Chapter 295

Dr. Richard's eyes glittered with victory as he looked down at the tracker's screen; the signal led them right to some abandoned junkyard on the outskirts of town. "Now we've got them," he hissed, his voice dripping with malevolence.

Shadow nodded, this face set in a determined expression. "Let's move in, sir."

The hooks fanned out in a circle around the junkyard they walked in like rats like creeping from some rusty gates, Dr. Richard up front with Shadow, who was in the lead.

Something still troubled Nova and Ruby at their hideout in some decaying old trailer far back in the heart of the junkyard. They slept with much tossing and turning, perhaps aware of the first hint of dawn that was beginning to creep above that horizon.

Life breathed into Nova once more, prematurely perhaps. His gut instincts screamed something was off. "Ruby, wake up. Something's wrong."

Ruby's eyes fluttered open, meeting Nova's in concern. "What is it?"

His head cocked as he li