Chapter 145

Chapter 145 ELENA Ninety minutes until coordinated assault, and every tactical model I'd constructed over the past eighteen months was crumbling in real-time as enhanced individuals rewrote the fundamental parameters of crisis response across six continents. Through Guardian Command's satellite networks, I watched superhuman figures moving through Indonesian evacuation zones at speeds that made our helicopters look stationary. Enhanced individuals with matter manipulation abilities were reinforcing Caribbean coastal defenses that conventional engineering would need months to complete. In Australia, firebreaks were appearing across threatened wilderness areas as if carved by invisible giants working with impossible precision. "Satellite confirmation on enhanced coordination," Lieutenant Morrison reported from the intelligence station, his voice carrying the strain of trying to process something that exceeded conventional military understanding. "They're operating with communication spee