Outside the rift to Gob Valley, chaos reigned.
Mutant rifts were terrifyingly rare, but the Mission Hall had procedures drilled into every Acolyte Incase of its appearance.
Sector 516's Acolytes formed a tight perimeter around the shimmering tear in reality, while the martial artists who hadn't yet entered were forced to remain on standby.
This was because when a rift undergoes mutation, it would reject entry for up to a week.
So everyone waited, tense and silent, until the rift surface suddenly rippled and figures began stepping out.
"Contact the manager!" one Acolyte barked the moment he noticed movement.
"Tell him, we have survivors!"
The impossible had happened.
One after another, the martial artists Adam had saved stumbled out of the rift, bloody, limping, but alive.
Finally, Scarlet stepped out last.
Although a mutating rift didn't allow entries it could still allow exits.
Medics rushed forward immediately.
A mutant rift never spat people out unharmed.
