Chapter 5 - Searching Desperately For A Manual Override Switch
Daniel scanned the brick walls of the rooftop terrace, searching frantically for any sign of a manual maintenance hatch.
“Noah, help me check behind the air conditioning units; there has to be an analog override switch,” Daniel instructed urgently.
Noah nodded bravely, running over to the heavy industrial machinery while shielding his sister behind a concrete pillar.
Vanessa remained frozen in place, paralyzed by the sheer scale of the nightmare she had inadvertently helped create.
“Get up, Vanessa, and help us search, unless you want to suffocate up here with us,” Daniel snapped coldly.
She scrambled to her feet, wiping her face with her sleeve and stumbling toward the far corner of the glass penthouse wall.
The temperature on the open rooftop was dropping rapidly as a thick, unseasonal fog rolled in from Lake Michigan.
Lily’s lips were turning faintly blue, her thin pink cardigan offering zero protection against the biting autumn chill.
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Daniel ripped off his heavy wool jacket, wrapping it securely around his daughter’s shivering shoulders.
“I found something, Dad!” Noah shouted over the howling wind from behind a massive ventilation stack.
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