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Margaret stared at the screen.“That’s impossible.”Alexander stepped closer.“What’s impossible?”“Mother’s authorization was revoked twenty-two years ago. Even if someone had access to her old credentials, they shouldn’t be able to approve a new Genesis sequence.”Ethan looked at the message.“Unless someone has recreated her authorization.”Margaret nodded slowly.“Exactly.”Samuel folded his arms.“Could Elias have done that?”“Of course. He’s had access to the original research for decades.”Their grandmother’s voice suddenly came through the speakers.“Margaret, listen to me.”Everyone turned toward the ceiling.“Someone has accessed my original credentials. But I did not authorize anything.”Margaret rushed toward the control station.“Mother, can you identify the connection?”“I’m trying. The authorization is coming from the original laboratory in Switzerland.”Alexander frowned.“Can you stop it?”A pause followed.“No. The system is recognizing the authorization as legitimat
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For a moment, their mother couldn’t move.She stared at the young man standing in the doorway, searching his face for the little boy she remembered.“Samuel…”Her voice broke.The young man nodded, his eyes already filling with tears.“It’s me, Mom.”She took one hesitant step forward.Then another.“Samuel!”She rushed toward him and wrapped her arms around him.He held her tightly, closing his eyes as though he had spent years imagining that exact moment.“I thought you were dead,” she whispered against his shoulder. “They told me you were dead.”Samuel swallowed.“I know.”She pulled back to examine his face.“Where have you been? Who took you? How did you survive?”Samuel looked down.“I don’t know where to begin.”Alexander approached slowly.“Samuel?”The young man turned toward him.For several seconds, he simply stared at his father.Then his expression changed.“Dad?”Alexander’s face crumpled.He reached for his son and pulled him into an embrace.“I’m sorry,” he whispered.
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Ethan stared at the photograph.The boy looked about ten years old. He had dark hair, a small nose, and a serious expression. His hand rested against their mother’s side as she smiled faintly at the camera.It was an ordinary photograph.That was what made it so disturbing.“Mom,” Lily whispered. “Who is he?”Their mother couldn’t take her eyes off the screen.“His name was Samuel.”Alexander turned toward her.“Samuel?”She nodded slowly.“He was born before Daniel. Before any of you.”Ethan’s expression changed.“Before Daniel?”“Yes.”Daniel stepped forward.“How old was he?”“Almost two when he disappeared.”Alexander looked at his wife in disbelief.“You never told me we had another child.”“I thought he was dead.”Her voice broke.“I was told there had been an accident. They said he hadn’t survived.”Ethan looked back at the photograph.“Who told you that?”She hesitated.“Elias.”A heavy silence settled over the room.Margaret slowly closed the file.“Now I understand.”Alexand
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Nobody moved.Alexander stared at the monitor, struggling to understand what he was seeing.Then he turned toward the containment unit.Thomas was still inside, struggling against the restraints.“What’s going on?” Alexander demanded. “Why are there two of you?”Thomas shook his head.“I don’t know.”Margaret moved closer to the screen.“Show me the medical records.”The system responded immediately.A series of files appeared.ORIGIN ZERO — INITIAL EXPERIMENT: 22 YEARS AGO.SUBJECT: THOMAS STORM.STATUS: CRITICAL.BIOLOGICAL REPLICATION: SUCCESSFUL.Margaret’s face went pale.“Replication…”Ethan looked at her.“Are you saying they made a copy of Thomas?”“Not exactly. Look at the next file.”She opened it.The report contained several photographs taken inside the original research laboratory.One showed Thomas at seventeen, unconscious on a medical table.Another showed a second body inside a separate chamber.The final photograph was partially damaged, but the description beneath i
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For several seconds, nobody spoke.Alexander was the first to react.“We need to find her.”Margaret quickly closed the files and grabbed the small access device from the desk.“Wait. We don’t even know whether she’s still alive.”“The system says she left containment.”“That doesn’t mean she’s safe.”Ethan looked at the screen.“Can we track her?”Margaret began navigating through the security records.“I’m trying.”A map of Blackridge appeared. Several sections were marked in red, while a small blue indicator blinked near the bottom of the facility.Margaret enlarged it.“Sublevel Zero.”Alexander frowned.“Isn’t that where the original director was held?”“Yes. But according to this map, there’s another section beneath it.”Ethan stared at the display.“Another level?”Margaret nodded.“An area that doesn’t appear on the facility’s official blueprints.”Lily stepped closer.“Why would they build something and leave it off the plans?”Margaret’s expression grew serious.“Because wha
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The name seemed to bring back something buried deep in his memory.Margaret looked at him.“You remember her?”“Only vaguely. I was very young when she disappeared. Father told us she had abandoned the family.”Margaret let out a bitter laugh.“Elias was very good at making people believe whatever he wanted.”She opened the report.The first page contained a list of research objectives.The second contained a warning.PROJECT ORIGIN MUST NEVER BE USED FOR PERSONAL CELLULAR TRANSFER. THE INHERITED RESPONSE IS NOT A MEANS OF IMMORTALITY.Margaret’s eyes moved down the page.Then she stopped.“What?”Alexander stepped beside her.“Read it.”Margaret swallowed.“It’s a termination order. Helena wanted the project shut down immediately.”Ethan looked at the date.“When?”“Three days before Thomas disappeared.”Alexander’s expression hardened.“So Elias knew she was going to stop him.”Margaret nodded.“He couldn’t allow that to happen. He took control of the project, removed her authorizat
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