The vial's contents disappeared down Vania's throat in a single swallow. Her body seized, and her muscles tensed as if electricity coursed through her. Her eyes widened, the pupils expanding until they consumed the whites entirely. All in a matter of seconds.
"Everyone, get back!" Erik said. "Now!"
The clones withdrew immediately. The remaining blackguards hesitated, torn between following their commander's order and staying to fight.
"I said go!" Vania screamed, her face starting to distort as her jaw shifted beneath her skin. "That's an order!"
The Vindicators and the rest of the blackguards retreated, forsaking the command center in the process, and dragging their wounded with them as they fled through the shattered doorway.
There were thousands of people, but so were the clones. Though none of them could face Erik and the first division commander.
However, the battle wasn't going to end just because the first division commander gave the order.
