Chapter Three: Twelve Water Stations

“How do you know?” In the darkness, he tightened his grip on the medical bag. “Because it just called me in my sister's voice. She died when she was twelve.” One hinge tore loose overhead. Nine minutes remained before kickoff. Four of twelve nodes were permanently lit, and for the first time they understood that the loop was not the whole prison. It was also a lock, entering its password again and again.