CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED

The file sat like a ghost on the war room screen: Alaric Wynthorpe Born: 1959, Died: 2017 Or so history claimed. But the encrypted metadata didn’t lie he had accessed Helix Protocol 0 just six months ago.Grayson stood motionless His father the man he’d mourned, cursed, and eventually learned to forgive was alive Or worse Still pulling strings behind the curtain?FLASHBACK: 2017, THE “DEATH” OF ALARICBack then, Alaric had been declared dead after a sudden plane explosion over the North Atlantic. No body Just debris A funeral held with an empty casket. Grayson was nineteen.Wren had been working for Helix, Subject-X had just been activated But now, all those pieces seemed part of the same lie.THE SEARCH BEGINS“Run a global trace,” Grayson ordered. “Anything tied to Alaric’s biometrics, login patterns, or secure satellites.”Leo Jin frowned. “Even if we find the signature, it could be a ghost ping.”“Then we follow the ghost,” Grayson replied Within two hours, Wren found the first tr

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE CITY OF SLEEPERS

Graybridge looked the same from above neon lights, moving trains, buzzing drones, But down below Something had changed.Grayson stood on the balcony of Wynthorpe Tower, gripping the railing as a chill ran through him. He could feel it in the air like a wire pulled too tight, ready to snap. Subject-X’s sleeper pulse had reached the city.And somewhere out there, hundreds maybe thousands of people were about to wake up with no memory of who they really were Until they heard one word: “Obey.”EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETINGGrayson convened the highest-level council of the city: military, cyber division, intel chiefs, and private security forces. “I need to be clear,” he said. “We are not at war with a country or a corporation. We’re at war with ourselves.”General Hayworth scoffed. “What are we even looking for? People with glowing eyes? Super strength?”Wren stepped forward “Wrong. We’re looking for ordinary citizens. People born with Helix-marked DNA, buried through bloodlines, activated no

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: SHADOW UNLEASHED

"Awaken them."Subject-X’s voice echoed through the cathedral beneath the Earth, reaching the frost-lined walls and dormant cryo-chambers. The lights inside the pods flickered.A low hum filled the air Then one by one the chambers hissed open, And the world’s most dangerous secret stepped out into the dark.THE ELITE SLEEPERS: ALPHA THROUGH KAPPATen units Each one designed in a different lab. A different nightmare, Each one a weapon without conscience.Alpha: A tactician with neural acceleration. Sees patterns before they form.Beta: Muscular anomaly. Absorbs impact, redirects force.Gamma: Voice mimic Can infiltrate by tone alone.Delta: Visual predator Cloaks in daylight.Epsilon: Nerve manipulator Pain becomes obedience.Zeta: No name, No past Just kill.And they were only half the line Subject-X stood before them.“The world has chosen weakness,” he said.“We will remind them what control looks like.”GRAYBRIDGE: THE CALM BEFORE THE COLLAPSEInside Wynthorpe Tower, Grayson monit

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: HUNTER IN THE DARK

Location: Istanbul.The night was hot Heavy with noise, bodies, neon haze And fear. Because something was stalking the rooftops something no camera could see, Across six districts, six operatives had gone silent.Throats slit, Hearts stopped Not a single bullet fired Just whispers of a shadow that bent light and vanished mid-stride They called it '' Delta.''SUBJECT-Y ARRIVESSubject-Y moved through the ancient city’s underbelly, using tunnels built centuries ago. She wasn’t hunting for backup She was hunting Delta And she was alone.Noor had warned her, Dakarai offered to come But Y needed this, Not just for the mission For her own evolution. She had to prove she could choose not to be what Helix made her Even when facing one of its most perfect killers.A TRAP SET IN THE DARKY found the kill site just before dawn A rooftop surveillance node.Four dead, No blood Just the scent of fear and something sharp in the air Electromagnetic distortions.Delta’s camouflage tech bent visible lig

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: THE ONE BUILT TO KILL

Graybridge. 7:14 p.m.Sirens in the distance Subways frozen, Skies silent And deep beneath the city under the waterline and steel the thing known only as Zeta arrived. No heartbeat, No DNA signature, No moral code. He wasn’t Helix’s greatest weapon, He was their final one.THE FIRST DEATHA lone guard patrolled the lower tunnels beneath Wynthorpe Tower’s energy vault Static buzzed in his earpiece. He tapped it NothingWhen he turned. Zeta stood behind him, eyes black as coal, no whites, no pupils.The man opened his mouth to scream But Zeta's hand pierced his chest before a sound escaped. No weapon, Just fingers, One motion, One death Strike one.UP IN THE TOWERGrayson stood over the command table, The clock read 43:59:11 and ticking Mira stormed in.“We’ve got movement under the power grid, Someone’s breached Sector Nine.”Wren’s fingers flew over the keyboard.“No visual, No heat sig, Nothing shows.”Emmett’s face turned pale.“There’s only one unit that can do that.”Grayson said i

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK

Tokyo, Japan. 10:02 A.M.In the heart of the city, the rising star of global diplomacy Minister Daichi Sato stood before a crowd of thousands. Cameras flashed. His voice rang with conviction. “We will not be bullied by the Western elite. We will lead the new world.”The crowd roared But the real Daichi Sato was dead And the man speaking now Was Gamma.GAMMA: THE PUPPET MASTERGamma wasn’t just a mimic He was perfect,Voice, Gai,. Muscle memory, Brainwave pattern. The only sleeper who didn’t just imitate people He became them. He had infiltrated politics, redirected military contracts, seeded anti-globalist sentiment.His next step Push Asia into isolation cut off alliances And then, when the world turned on itself Subject-X would rise as its “savior.”SUBJECT-Y ARRIVESY moved through Tokyo’s undercity steam vents, neon graffiti, whisper-net cafes. She wasn’t alone this time, Noor walked beside her, fingertips twitching with perception.“Are we sure it’s him?” Y asked.Noor closed her

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE BRUTE AND THE BOMB

Washington, D.C. – 4:22 A.M.The city was asleep But something monstrous had already crossed the border. Beta, Seven feet tall, Skin like stone, No fingerprints, No pain receptors.Inside his chest, secured behind reinforced bone, was a genetic warhead a viral weapon engineered to wipe out anyone with latent Helix DNA Not just soldiers, Civilians, Children, Politicians, Even Grayson. And the triggerHis own heartbeat.THE VANGUARD MOBILIZESAlert blared through Graybridge, Wren stood frozen in front of the satellite feed.“No signatures,” she whispered. “Just dead zones in the air. He’s suppressing the tech.”Alpha-One loaded up.“Then we don’t wait for a signal.”Commander Ada Rourke nodded. “We go old school.”Grayson strapped on his armor.“If he reaches Capitol Point, it’s over.”TIME: 4:37 A.M.Beta walked down K Street like a silent tank Cameras fried in his wake. Streetlights popped, Alarms shorted. He passed through the city like a curse, A jogger saw him Paused And never got

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE BRUTE AND THE BOMB

Washington, D.C. – 4:22 A.M.The city was asleep But something monstrous had already crossed the border. Beta, Seven feet tall, Skin like stone, No fingerprints, No pain receptors.Inside his chest, secured behind reinforced bone, was a genetic warhead a viral weapon engineered to wipe out anyone with latent Helix DNA Not just soldiers, Civilians, Children, Politicians, Even Grayson. And the triggerHis own heartbeat.THE VANGUARD MOBILIZESAlert blared through Graybridge, Wren stood frozen in front of the satellite feed.“No signatures,” she whispered. “Just dead zones in the air. He’s suppressing the tech.”Alpha-One loaded up.“Then we don’t wait for a signal.”Commander Ada Rourke nodded. “We go old school.”Grayson strapped on his armor.“If he reaches Capitol Point, it’s over.”TIME: 4:37 A.M.Beta walked down K Street like a silent tank Cameras fried in his wake. Streetlights popped, Alarms shorted. He passed through the city like a curse, A jogger saw him Paused And never got

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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: THE CHILD THEY TRIED TO FORGET

Location: Zurich—Helix Vault ThetaThe pod hissed open, Fog billowed into the sterile chamber Inside the girl lay motionless. No older than twelve, Skin pale, Breathing slow.Subject-X stepped back as scientists and bio-engineers surrounded her, running diagnostics, scanning neural flow. “Vitals stable, No decay, Consciousness preserved,” one reported.X looked down at her. “Project Eden has survived.” The child blinked Once, Twice, Then whispered: “Where’s my brother?”WREN FINDS A CODE HIDDEN IN BETA’S COREBack in Graybridge, the autopsy on Beta’s warhead revealed something odd, a secondary processor hidden behind the core. Wren pried it open expecting an explosive fail-safe. Instead A memory chip Encrypted, Fragmented. But one name pulsed over and over: Eden.Grayson froze.“I’ve heard that before.”Alpha-One turned.“From where?”Grayson’s voice dropped. “My father’s journals Eden wasn’t a place It was a person. A failsafe and a beginning.”THE TRUTH ABOUT PROJECT EDENIn the W

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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: THE AWAKENING WAVE

World Status: Unstable.As the world counted down the final 36 hours of Subject-X’s ultimatum, something strange began to happen Across five continents. Sleepers stopped responding, Commands failed, Control pulses went unanswered.Helix systems flagged it as “Global Disruption Code E.”.But the truth was deeper, Eden had awakened And she was reaching into the minds of every genetically altered Helix soldier on Earth.IN ARGENTINA: A SLEEPER PUTS DOWN HIS WEAPONA military transport depot outside Buenos Aires Three guards down An elite unit poised to detonate a bioweapon Then just before pressing the trigger one soldier paused. A memory surfaced: His mother’s voice, His sister’s laughter Not programmed memories, Real ones.He fell to his knees Sobbing, His team froze And for the first time since activation, they felt,Then they ran.IN CHINA: A COMMANDER DEFECTSCommander Xu head of Helix sleeper logistics in East Asia was mid-transmission when he saw her, Not in person, Not on screen B

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