‘The back-up generators should have come on,’ whispered Waterman to Salt.
The darkness was thick and utterly impermeable, coating everything in tar. No one moved, for fear of walking into something or giving away their location.
‘There’s only one thing that could have taken out all our systems,’ said Waterman. ‘That’s an EMP …’
Waterman could hear Salt move in the darkness, shifting his body.
‘The disruption should last only a few minutes.’
They waited in the darkness, their hearing hyper-keen, every sound slicing through the silence.
A light pinged on in the corner of the server room. Then another, until the overhead ceiling lights were all on, then a humming started as the computers joined them, rainbow controls sparking into life.
Salt scrambled up and ran back to where Christian, Sara and Caleb had been gathered.
But they were gone.