live or die

Chapter 8

We got into a jeep and we went into an area

Then we walked in and I held on to my dad's hand

Then we got into an area

Then a man came in

Rita, what is this? Rita? What are you doing here?

You gotta give me some warning

Who are they?

There me before Verdun

There gonna help us

What? You-you mean he's

Yes

When did they die? Where?

On the beach, tomorrow

How many fingers am I holding up behind my back?

Dad had his arms protective around me

How should we know that?

Then he hold out two fingers

Okay

So, this is the first time we've had this conversation

You should try this on them

What the hell is that?

Wow I said

You are not touching that on my kid he said

It doesn't work

Had they had any visions yet?

Visions, of what?

Okay, so there's still time

Yes

Time, look, I, I'm sorry which is?

Who is this?

Who are you?

I'm Dr Carter, particle physics advanced microbiology

He's also the only other person who'll believe what's happening to you

Then he shakes my hand

I'm Ace I said

Real name is Abigail dad said

No one understands mimic biology better than him

He's a top analyst at whitehall

Well, I mean I was until I met Rita and now I'm just a, a mechanic with psychiatrist delusions

Carter, show him

Yeah, right

Right, well, first of all you're not fighting an army

You have to think of this as a single organism

Now, these common drones, they act like it's claws

And alphas, like the one that you killed, are much more rare

Yeah, they're like one in six points one eight million, by my guess

Yes

They act as the enemy's

They're, they're like it's central nervous system

But this is the brain

That's the brain, that's shit is huge I said

Then dad pinched my arm

Ow I said

It controls them all

And this is the omega

And the omega has the ability to control time

Whenever an alpha is killed