In the elevator, Darrow grapples with what he has done to free Victra, staring at Vixus’s blood and Victra’s gaunt face. Holiday loses control of the gravLift as it is redirected to the first level, and the team fears a kill team waiting below. Trigg initiates Plan C, contacting “Wrathbone” for secondary extraction in ten minutes.

Holiday unveils an illegal EMP device while arming antique ballistic weapons. As the doors open and stun grenades fly in, she detonates the EMP, plunging the halls and city into a tech-dead blackout. With their non-electronic guns still functional, Holiday and Trigg surge out, methodically cutting down disarmed Grays and hobbling Obsidians.

Amid the chaos, Darrow hauls Victra and, in a close call, shoots an Obsidian through his skull-helm. Holiday grenades a ceiling, collapsing a room above into the corridor; Trigg blows apart a pursuing Gold. They reload on the run with minutes ticking down. Through a window, Darrow sees darkened ships falling and a city gone silent, noting the blackout will hinder Cassius and Aja’s ability to track them.

They sprint up marble stairs under fire from Grays using gas backups. Holiday steadies the exhausted Darrow and forces a path to a service door that opens onto a frigid exterior walkway clinging to the mountain. Fighting wind and ice, they circle to an abandoned landing pad and pop green smoke.

On the pad, Trigg calls out dwindling ammunition, tosses mines, and moves to hold the bridge while Holiday watches the sky. Darrow shields Victra from the wind and clings to the hope of escape. With three minutes to the pickup, they brace for contact, tension spiking as the snowfall abruptly stops.