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Chapter 178 - The First Dose
The seizure hit just before dawn, and Ray's body arched violently off the cot before anyone could reach him."Ray!" Dani screamed, lunging forward, but Jane caught her arm, holding her back."Do not touch him while he is like this," Jane warned. "You could get hurt."Foam bubbled at the corners of Ray's mouth, and it was thick and dark.It streaked through with something black that should never have come from a human body. His eyes rolled back and the gray color that had been creeping across his skin for days now spreading visibly.It was very fast and it consumed the last patches of color left in his face."Priya!" Nichole shouted with alarm and he was already moving with a quick speed.*****She arrived few seconds later, dropping to her knees beside the thrashing cot, hands moving fast to hold Ray's head to one side so he would not choke."This is it," Priya stated, with a tight voice and with barely controlled panic. "Nichole, this is the final stage and If we do not act now, we
Chapter 177 - A City Under His Thumb
The mayors sat in a single row, hands folded, eyes down, and Wolfe walked the length of the table slowly before he spoke a single word."Each of you will address your soldiers today," Wolfe stated. "You will tell them to stand down and you will tell them resistance only brings further loss to this city."Mayor Lopez, seated near the end, lifted his head slightly. "And if we refuse.""Then I show you exactly how much further this city can fall," Wolfe stated, calm and unhurried. "I do not enjoy repeating demonstrations and I find once is usually enough."One by one, the mayors spoke into the cameras set before them, voices flat and defeated, instructing soldiers across Los Angeles to stand down. Lopez spoke last, his jaw tight, hatred barely concealed behind every carefully chosen word.******Three hundred miles away, Jason stood beside Zed atop a converted rooftop overlooking the city's northern district, watching new infected pour from the latest processing site below."Productio
Chapter 176 - Lost Cause
Ray's eyes snapped open in the back of the retreating vehicle, and something in his chest felt strange, heavy, foreign."He is awake," Priya said, relief flooding her voice for half a second before she saw his face properly. "Ray?"He did not answer. His head turned slowly toward her ans his movements were stiff and mechanical, nothing like the exhausted, familiar way Ray usually moved."Ray," Dani said carefully, reaching for his hand. "Talk to us."He heard her somewhere deep beneath the cold current spreading through him, Ray heard every word clearly, felt the warmth of her hand against his skin, and tried desperately to answer.Nothing came out.His own body no longer obeyed him the way it always had. He could feel his muscles tensing, his jaw tightening, his eyes tracking movement around the vehicle with a precision that was not his own.*Fight it,* Ray screamed inside his own mind. *Move. Speak. Do something.*His hand remained still in Dani's grip, and for one brief, flicker
Chapter 175 - The Shot
Smoke rolled thick across the central district, and Ray stepped into it with his whole team spread wide behind him."This is worse than Kansas," Jane said, scanning the chaos ahead. Converted civilians staggered between burning cars, ordinary soldiers firing in desperate, disorganized bursts, the line between defenders and attackers already blurring beyond recognition."Then we make it better, fast" Ray said. He closed his eyes and reached for his control ability, pushing it outward with everything he had rebuilt since Kansas, since the loop, since every hour of quiet training that had led to this exact moment.It answered stronger than it ever had before.The current spread wide, catching dozens of converted civilians at once, their bodies freezing mid-stride across three full blocks. Ray gasped at the sheer scale of it, sweat breaking across his forehead, but the hold stayed steady, unbroken."That is incredible," Priya breathed, watching from cover. "Ray, that is more than anyt
Chapter 174 - No Magic At All
The light surged toward Ray in a bright, burning arc, and he threw himself sideways, expecting pain that never came.It struck the ground behind him instead, and nothing happened. No explosion or burn mark, it was just a flicker, and then darkness where the light had been.Ray stared at the scorched patch of dirt for half a second before understanding hit him."It is not real," he shouted. "The light is not doing anything!"Jane ducked under another burst of color thrown by one of the Abscomder leaders and rolled to her feet, weapon already firing. "Say that again.""Watch where it lands," Ray called back. "It never touches anyone and It only looks like it should."Saul, fighting nearby, suddenly understood. "That is why I could not hear anything behind it. No current. No pulse. Just sound and light built to scare us."Nichole, pressed behind a fallen log with Priya, tested the theory himself. He threw a rock toward the nearest glowing hand, and the light flared bright around it
Chapter 173 - Face to Face
The connection crackled to life on the small screen, and Ray's chest tightened the moment a face appeared on the other side.He looked older than Ray remembered from the few faded photographs his mother kept. Grayness had crept into his hair, and a thin scar ran along his jaw that had not been there before. But the eyes were the same. Ray had stared at those eyes in a mirror his whole life."Ray," the man said quietly. "You look just like I remember. Older, of course and stronger.""Who are you, Really?" Ray asked with a tight voice. "I am your father," the man said. "I know that is hard to accept after everything you were told."Jane stood close behind Ray, arms crossed, watching the screen with open suspicion. Dani sat on the other side, her hands clenched tight in her lap."If you are really him," Ray said, "then tell me something only he would know."The man did not hesitate. "You broke your arm at seven, climbing the oak tree behind our old house and you told your mother you
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