"Falcon One to Golden Eagle. Final delivery section inspected. No visible Hive growth. No membranes or root formations around the exposed entrances."
Hans watched the helicopter's feed pass across another loading ramp.
Concrete.
Wrecked vehicles.
Darkness beneath the structure.
Nothing else.
"Check the storm drains along the eastern blocks."
"Falcon One copies."
The previous Hive had remained beneath the streets until the artillery exposed it. Whatever was coordinating this district could also be buried beneath the shopping centers, connected to the parking levels, drainage lines, or service tunnels that crossed the district.
The aircraft could not inspect all of them.
Kimmy remained inside Bastion One with Yunera and the surviving SAS agents. Her ability might allow her to locate whatever was coordinating the infected, but she needed a medium to do so.
Falcon One had found nothing for her to use.
