While Trey, Red and Lizzy took Joe to a different safe house, Dan led the others back to the Underground.

The Underground mall was dim and quiet. Only a few dozen people remained working feverishly to install the last of their surprises for the expected invaders. The Middlers' council had cut all communication with the outside. As each part was completed another squad would make its way to the surface and split up across the city. They were given the task of starting a whisper ...