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VICTOR'S FORTRESS
They geared up in silence.Kade strapped on extra magazines. Elena checked her rifle for the third time. Mei loaded her pistol, face calm and focused.Tyler limped over, favoring his wounded leg. "I'm coming.""You can barely walk," Kade said."I can shoot just fine."Daniel stood beside Tyler, hand pressed against his own injury from earlier. "We're all coming. This ends tonight."Marcus appeared from the shadows, blueprints in hand. "Victor will have guards. Armed. Trained.""How many?" Kade asked."Twelve inside. Plus automated defenses. Turrets. Motion sensors."Elena loaded another clip. "Great odds.""Better than waiting for the Reaper to find us," Marcus said.They moved out under cover of darkness.The compound sat at the edge of Zone 7, a reinforced structure surrounded by high walls. Spotlights swept the perimeter. Cameras rotated on every corner."Mei," Kade said.She was already working, fingers flying across her device. "Disabling security feeds now. We have twelve minute
CHARGING STATION
Marcus met them at the edge of Zone 6, hands shoved in his pockets against the cold."The power plant is two miles east," he said. "Abandoned since the War. Perfect place to hide something you don't want found.""If we destroy the station," Mei said, "the Reaper can't recharge. He'll degrade."Daniel frowned. "What does 'degrade' mean?""His cybernetics fail," Marcus explained. "Processors overheat. Hydraulics seize. He becomes slower. Weaker. Eventually it shuts down completely.""How long?" Kade asked."Depends on his activity level. Could be hours. Could be days." Marcus checked his device. "But you have a four-hour window. After that, he'll return to the station on schedule.""Then we move fast," Kade said. He turned to the group. "Mei, Elena, and I will handle the sabotage. Marcus, you stay with Daniel and Tyler.""Why do we keep splitting up?" Elena asked, frustration bleeding into her voice.Kade met her eyes. "Because if something goes wrong, someone survives."Tyler shifted h
THE DEFECTOR
"You're not going alone," Elena said.Kade strapped on his vest, checking the clips. "Mei's coming with me.""That's not what I meant.""I know what you meant." He looked up at her. "But if it's a trap, I need you here. Someone has to protect Tyler and Daniel."Elena's jaw tightened. "He tried to kill us, Kade. Multiple times.""And the Council tried to kill him." Kade stood. "The enemy of my enemy—""Is still an enemy.""Maybe. But right now, he's the only one who knows how to get to Victor."Mei appeared from the shadows, a knife already strapped to her thigh. "We need to leave. Coordinates put the meet in Zone 5. That's an hour on foot."Elena grabbed Kade's arm. "If you don't come back—""I will.""Promise me."Kade met her eyes. "I promise."She didn't look convinced.The warehouse sat at the edge of Zone 5, half-collapsed and covered in ice. Broken windows stared down like hollow eyes.Kade and Mei approached slowly, weapons ready."There could be twenty guys in there," Mei whis
GHOST PROTOCOL
Tyler's blood looked black in the dim light.Elena pressed torn fabric against his leg, trying to stop the bleeding. Tyler's face had gone pale, lips trembling."I'm fine," he whispered. "I'm fine."He wasn't fine.Kade stood by the window, staring out at the frozen street. His hands hung at his sides. Empty. Still.Jax was gone.The words kept circling in his head, but they wouldn't land. Wouldn't become real.Daniel paced near the door, rifle gripped tight. "We need to move. That thing is still out there.""His name was Jax," Kade said quietly.Daniel stopped. "What?""Not 'thing.' Jax. His name was Jax."Elena looked up from Tyler's wound. "Kade—""He had a name."Silence filled the room.Then, from somewhere outside, a sound drifted through the walls.Mechanical breathing.Distant. Patient. Searching.Daniel's face went white. "It's close.""We can't stay here," Mei said. She stood near the back wall, device in hand. "The Reaper triangulates heat signatures. Body warmth. He'll fin
THE REAPER
The station felt smaller with Mei inside it.Elena kept her rifle trained on the woman even as Kade explained everything. Tyler listened with wide eyes. Daniel stood near the stairs, silent and tense."She was Sienna's sister," Kade said. "She's here to help.""Or she's here to finish what the Council started," Elena shot back.Mei didn't flinch. She pulled a small device from her pack and set it on the ground. Her fingers moved across the cracked screen."This is the Council's tracking system," she said. "They know general locations. Not exact positions. We show up as heat signatures in zones."She sketched quickly on a torn piece of paper. Lines. Circles. Numbers."The Reaper hunts in patterns. Methodical. He'll sweep the area in grids until he finds his targets.""The Reaper?" Tyler asked.Mei pulled up a grainy photo on the device. A tall figure in dark armor. Face hidden behind a mask. No skin visible. Twin blades strapped to his back. Military rifle in hand.Kade's system flicke
MEI CHEN
Two days had passed since the last fight, but the station still felt uneasy. Like it was holding its breath.Kade sat on a broken bench near the wall, rolling his shoulder slowly. The deep gash Marcus had left was closing faster than it should. The system worked silently inside him, repairing muscle, sealing skin. It didn’t erase the ache. Or the memories.Jax paced back and forth near the platform edge, boots scraping against concrete. “We’re low on food,” he said for the third time. “Another day, maybe two. Then we’re screwed.”Elena stood near the stairs with Daniel and Tyler, rifles ready, eyes sharp. Ever since Sienna’s upload, none of them could relax. It felt like the world had shifted, like something big was moving toward them.“We can’t just sit here,” Tyler said. “Someone needs to go out.”“I’ll go,” Jax said instantly.Kade stood. “Me too.”Elena frowned. “You’re still healing.”“Fast enough,” Kade replied. “Besides, you need someone watching the system alerts. That’s me.”
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