I screamed a warning, but a bolt of electricity struck Mia. She jerked ramrod straight, her body spasming, and slumped to the floor against the railing.

At almost the same instant, Alexei spun and dove into Matt. They collided and crashed, rolling out of sight. I raced ahead to help Alexei, although I don’t know what I thought I was going to do. But Cage grabbed my elbow and yanked me backward. I stumbled, smashing my ankle on the stairs as he jerked me to the previous level faster than a human eye could follow. A blast of electricity erupted where I’d just stood. “Bian,” he shouted. “Everybody run!”

We spun and bolted down the stairs, but Jasper, now in the lead, threw out his arms, smacking me in the face. “They’re ahead of us too!”

With no other options, we ran into the nearest prison sector. Stun guns crackled behind me—the other hunters, presumably, targeting us from below. I shot forward with a burst of speed I didn’t intend, stumbling around the corner into a commons area and plastering myself to the wall. Cage, Rune, and Imani followed. There was a server room here, but it was bolted shut. I didn’t see anywhere else to hide, anywhere to run.

I’d used the portals a few times now, but they still scared me. I’d only managed to move us to something right on the other side of a wall, and being in space made that dangerous if I didn’t know our exact location. But there had to be something I could do. My mind raced, searching our list of powers. Alexei’s fire? Jasper’s telekinesis?

“Where are Jasper and Reed?” Cage demanded.

Rune shook her head, gasping for air. “Hit. They went down.” She closed her eyes, sweat beading on her forehead, and the hall door rumbled shut. We all froze. Had she closed it in time? Why hadn’t I even tried to do that? Keeping track of all these powers was a nuisance.

Priya’s voice echoed from the hallway. “They’re in the commons room. Keep moving!”

“Stop!” I shouted in response, as Imani clutched her stun gun and crouched behind a box, her eyes wide and panicked. “Priya, listen to me!”

She laughed, the sound sharp and humorless and much too close. “The only thing I’m interested in hearing is your surrender.”

“Are you that single-minded?” I screamed, hysteria finally gaining the upper hand. “Goddamn it! Didn’t you notice there aren’t any other people on this whole station? What is here is much, much worse than anything you can imagine, and it’s coming for us!”

Her voice turned dark and dangerous. “The only thing I’m concerned about right now is my contract.”

Something shimmered, and Hallam appeared in a flash of light, crouched in our midst. The son of a bitch was a teleporter, too. How many powers did these guys have? Were they like me? Or was something else going on here?