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Theycorridor to the workroom

Eddie listened at the door and heard voices inside, then nodded With the plan already in place, and which targets they should aim for, MacD tossed his crossbow over his shoulder and readied his P90 There was no more need for stealth

MacD pushed the door open and went left, Eddie went right The layout was just as Gupta had shown Three rows of desks with colassed-in observation roouards could sit and watch

MacD took the two on his side of the roo at their workstations screamed and dove under the desks for cover

There were four lass with a barrage that killed all of them before they could raise the alarm

Eddie leaned down, took the hand of the man nearest to him, and helped him stand up

“I’m Eddie”

“David,” the man said warily

“It’s all right, David,” he said “We knohat they’ve done to all of you to develop Colossus We’re here to rescue you”

The rest of the prisoners got to their feet filled with relief and apprehension, despite their obviously poor condition frohteen months on the Colossus 1

“Don’t get too excited,” Raven told theet you back to our ship”

David nodded “The Norego We were hoping you were co for us But if the submarine by the Colossus 5 is with you, you should warn them to hurry”

Eddie looked at MacD in shock, then back to David “How do you know all that?”

“We’ve beenthe AI since all of the ships linked up five o and went to full power Colossus knows you’re here”

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