– A faction called the “Fractured Hands” controls the sealed vault where the vial is stored. They demand medical aid for a child infected with a dormant nanobot strain. Darby’s empathy wins a temporary truce; Leigh uses the child’s condition as a diagnostic key to locate the vial.
– Inside the vault, the vial sits on an anti‑chronal field . Leigh discovers that the field is powered by a self‑destructing quantum battery that will overload in 12 minutes . DoctorAdventures.Leigh.Darby.Doctors.Orders.480...