"Uriel! It's me, Elaine, you need to find us, Seth is in critical condition and we have to get him out of this damned zone."
Brief and straight to the point, the group had long ascended the stage of formalities, and besides, it was an emergency, it only made sense she relayed the crucial information as fast as she could.
Uriel's frown deepened, his eyes involuntarily shifting towards the direction of the core… last he saw Seth, his friend had gone to engage the female variant, and he had assured that he would deal with the zone boss.
Uriel's jaw tightened, did the boss put Seth in that state? Or was it something else?
He didn't know and he couldn't find out by stalling around…
"Zion!" he called sharply.
His cracked battle suit helmet lit up as a holographic interface representing the artificial intelligence bound to the genetic battle suit stirred awake, responding with a robotic yet feminine voice. "Yes, master!"
