"The valve is broken?!"
The professor and his student were horrified, staring at the reactor before them in utter disbelief.
"I'll go take a look."
Nathan Trenton didn't hesitate. He started forward as soon as he finished speaking.
But he hadn't taken more than a few steps before Joel Quincy snapped at him.
"Nathan, get back here!"
Joel Quincy's expression was grim, his cloudy eyes fixed on the reactor as its data readouts spiraled into chaos.
He walked over to Nathan Trenton's side and said slowly, "The experiment has to continue, no matter what. Now, take Chloe and get out of here, immediately!"
He paused, then his tone became resolute. "I'll go."
Nathan Trenton's eyes instantly turned red.
The exact source of the reactor's malfunction hadn't been identified, and it could release radioactive material at any moment.
If that happened, it would be too late to do anything.
"You two go first. I'll come out and find you later."
