Both Dean and Atlas rushed forward excitedly. "Can you demonstrate the power now?"

Tyler nodded. "Yes."

Without another word, Dean left and returned with his palm open, holding blue powder. They had scraped it from their blue crystal using ancestral tools.

The powder provided 30 minutes of protection from the creatures outside. Dean used it for supply runs. Otherwise, they would have starved.

He had only brought his direct line and elites here, leaving the rest in Bedford at the family co