Seeds Chapter 16 Page 24

lights in the ceiling blink randomly at first and then flicker on slowly one by one.

Their gentle hum takes over from the sound of whatever power source Steve just activated deep in the island’s bowels as they warm up. Steve removes the goggles and holds up his hand to indicate to Dylan that it was ok, they were safe here.

He looks up at Steve: If there is nobody here, who opened the door?

Steve looks down at him and smiles, then winks with an eye to let him know he knew but it was a secret. The look on his face when he continues forward suggests otherwise however. The agency had many bunkers like this one, and even other locations he knew existed but were even a secret from him.