He didn't get to finish his sentence.
Serena cut him off with a chilling glare. "Say one more word, and you can handle him yourself."
Dr. York choked on his own words, his face flushing a humiliated shade of purple.
Handle him?
If he had any idea how to fix this, he wouldn't have been begging the guards to shoot.
He wouldn't have stood by and watched his colleague get swatted into bloody pulp.
He clamped his mouth shut.
The others scrambled backward, desperate to put as much distance between themselves and the monster as humanly possible.
And so, in a room full of terrified experts crawling over each other to escape.
Serena calmly carried her medical kit through the carnage, stepping right into the beast's strike zone.
Beneath the hood of her black jacket, her striking, pale face remained devoid of fear.
There wasn't a trace of panic in her posture, not even a flicker of hesitation in her eyes.
Everyone stared at her as if she were completely insane.
Was she out of her mind?
Was she actually going to get herself killed for a paycheck?
Asset 07 was in a state of absolute, berserk fury.
He had just turned a grown man into a smear on the wall with a single swipe.
And she was walking right up to him?
This wasn't practicing medicine.
This was a suicide mission for cash.
The room held its collective breath.
Dr. York dug his nails into his palms, his eyes dark with malice.
A twisted part of him hoped the beast would rip her to shreds on the spot.
Then he would be proven right.
Then the world would see that the mighty Panacea was nothing more than an arrogant, reckless little girl who bought into her own hype.
When Serena was barely six feet away
regim the creature, Asset ( registered her presence. He on
his massive head toward her.
His blood-soaked, clouded eyes locked onto his new prey.
"Roar! Roar His eyes burned with
agonizing pain ravaging
violent bloodlust, fueled by the
his body
Gontent
A guttural snarl ripped from his throat as his massive frame lunged directly at her.
His grotesque, mutated arm swung violently toward her skull.
He was going to crush her head just like he had pulverized the doctor.
"Miss Serena!" Silas screamed, his face draining of color.
Someone in the corner shrieked, "She's dead!"
"Run!"
"That hit is going to shatter every bone in her body!"
A cruel, triumphant sneer warped Dr. York's face.
He couldn't wait to watch the arrogant brat get smashed into oblivion!
But his smile froze before it could fully form.
Because Serena didn't even flinch. She just stood there.
With a flick of her wrist, her medical kit popped open.
No one saw exactly how she moved.
They only saw a flash of silver light.
And then, Asset 07 stopped dead in his tracks.
His massive hand froze inches from her face.
His razor-sharp claws were so close they practically brushed against her hair.
But he didn't move another inch.
His hulking body was paralyzed mid-strike, frozen like a grotesque statue.
The only sound was the raspy,
animalistic growling escapingnet
throat. “auh... gub..."
His crimson eyes burned into hers, seething with raw, feral hatred.
He looked like he wanted to tear her limb from limb, but his body refused to obey.