The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 97

Hayley and Leonard were pressed against the edge of the safe passage door.

The only space between them and the abyss was a ridiculously narrow gap, barely wide enough for the edge of a shoe!

Below them yawned a pit over 30 feet deep. One wrong move, and it would be the end.

To make things worse, the locked safe passage behind them was crawling with zombies.

The mangled, bloodied faces of the zombies pressed against the glass just inches from Hayley’s eyes. The feeling was thrilling and terrifying all at once.

“Boss! That Gifted zombie is hiding!” Leonard warned.

He had been trying to sense Miles, but being an earth–element Gifted zombie, Miles could vanish among the rubble instantly.

Right now, Leonard felt completely useless. His water–based gifts couldn’t help in this situation. Their enemy had the home–field advantage, and they were dangerously exposed.

Ahead was the abyss, and behind them were zombies–there seemed to be no way out.

Hayley closed her eyes.

Instantly, her mind began mapping out the entire surrounding area. Her mental radar spread outward like lightning, scanning for every detail she could detect.

In her psychic field, the people around her glowed deep blue, and behind her were about 18 gray–white shapes. The blue figure was Leonard, while the gray–white ones were zombies.

She extended her psychic vision downward. The layer below them had about 16 more, and scattered at the bottom were roughly 8 more.

Then, a distinctive, sandy–colored zombie appeared in her vision.

“Leonard, 12 o’clock. Get ready,” she said.

Leonard reacted immediately, unleashing a powerful water stream in the direction she indicated.

Boom!

The high–pressure blast smashed through as pillar, sending rubble crashing down. The Gifted zombie

was buried under the falling debris.

“Center, keep going!” Hayley ordered coldly.

Leonard aimed his water stream again, driving it through the rubble and striking the zombie’s head.

In Hayley’s psychic field, the sandy–colored zombie disappeared, leaving behind a tiny, glowing earth–colored crystal.

A level–3 crystal core.

“It’s gone,” Hayley said, opening her eyes.

She spotted the dead Miles and began climbing down the wall from the third floor with incredible agility, gripping

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rebar and chunks of concrete like a gecko.

She reached Miles and pried the crystal core from his remains.

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