Jessica was already floating to the 82nd floor, skipping past Monarch and rooms of his subordinates. They were scramblingÑso far as she could tellÑto secure and search every nook and cranny of Goliath Headquarters. Beelz and her team had to be above the rest.

Past the sensations of weightlessness and wind, she entered the 82nd floor through a gaping hole in the wall, to land on scattered chunks of more wall. She was welcomed by metal muzzles, again, the assault rifles of ...