'I'm sorry, Master. Even now, I can't sense the array formation. We only detected it when we entered. Other than that, this array seems completely traceless,' Dame Wasp replied, her voice tinged with panic. She couldn't fathom how she'd missed something so critical. Then, as if things couldn't get worse, she added in a worried tone, 'Master, the array is blocking signals. We've lost contact with the outside world.'
'Damn it, we have to get out of here,' Ace responded mentally, his jaw tightening as his mind raced. He prepared to instruct the driver to turn the car around and head back to the bus stop where they'd started.
