Chapter 47: Through the Armor

The first thing Su noticed was that Madsen had dressed for Shen Mo. He pulled open his tan coat. Segmented black armor covered him from collarbone to waist, each plate joined by copper wire. Black disks nested between the plates. Their metal arms entered prepared wounds along his ribs and throat. Behind him, eleven pump cabinets hammered against the walls. A thin man watched from the glass control booth above the array. His white coat had no Breakwater patch. A silver ash tree gleamed on his collar. Madsen looked past Su to the insulated doors. "How many?" "All alive," Mo said. Madsen breathed out through his nose. Mo came down the last two steps. Blood darkened his left palm and the front of his jacket. The camera hung from its cut strap, balanced across his numb right wrist. He placed it upright on the floor, its light still green. Ruiz…