SHATTERED SKY PROTOCOL TOUR LEG 8

Leg 8 — KTUS → KIPL

Tucson → Imperial, California

Flying west toward California, the terrain flattens into harsh desert plains. Imperial is remote, unforgiving, and perfect for concealment.

Movement

Ground reports arrive mid-flight.

The fragment has shifted position.

Not far.

But enough.

You grip the controls tighter.

“They’re not static,” Markson says.

“No,” you reply.

“They’re aligning.”