Chapter 56

Her eyes widened when she saw a pile of mercs to either side of the hall,

seemingly torn apart by a frag grenade—and a mech-shaped hole in the

elevator doors.

“Shite…” Kira breathed. “Did they try to blow the thing up?”

Nia shook her head. “Looks like it. Got themselves instead.”

Kira inspected the two piles of mercs but didn’t see any life signs.

“Tough break. Should have come out when I offered.”

“I’m not sure that could have gone worse for them.” Ari let out a long

breath then nodded toward the elevator. “Think it’s still operational?”

“Might be. We should disable it,” Kira suggested.

With Ari’s help, she pried open the doors and found that the elevator car

wasn’t on their level. She shined a light from her armor downward to find the

mech crumpled four stories down. “That’s not going anywhere.”

For good measure, Kira blasted the guidance track in the wall of the

elevator shaft with her rifle.