The alarms kept making loud noises.
Jonah's heart was beating hard as Warden's holographic form became unstable.
"Vanessa, can you trace it?" Ariana had pulled out her sword, as if a sword could fight a digital threat. "Find out how deep it has gone?"
"Working on it." Vanessa's hands moved fast across her datapad, but her hands were shaking. "It has hidden itself in Haven's sensor network. All the cameras, diagnostic tools and scanners. If Warden can see it, this thing can see it too."
Which meant Sterling knew exactly where they were and what they had found.
"Can we cut it off?" Jonah asked. "Isolate the infected systems?"
"Not without shutting down half of the station." Vanessa pulled up system diagrams. "This thing is smart. It has attached itself into essential systems. Life support. Gravity generators. The docking bay controls. If we try to get rid of it, we might kill ourselves."
[Analysis complete.] Warden's voice broke through the chaos.
