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TRUST REFORGED
“Can you do that?” Marvin asked.She nodded slowly. “I can start. But I’ll need my old team. EsperNet can’t be run solo.”“Then we bring them in,” Marvin said.Helena sighed. “Some of them swore they’d never come back. Not after the last meltdown. They saw too much.”Marvin’s tone dropped, low and certain. “Your involvement in this... stays buried. Off-grid. Just like before. No one outside this vault will know you’re part of it. Not unless you choose otherwise.”Helena looked up, eyes shadowed. “It’s not about secrecy, Marvin. It’s trust. They lost faith—in the system, in me... in you.”He stepped closer, his voice was firm but calm. “Then remind them why they joined EsperNet in the first place. Remind them what’s at stake now. What happened with Project Revenant... that chapter’s closed.”“Tariq Khyber was a monster,” Helena said quietly. “He used your research to twist minds. I can still hear the screams from those test rooms.”Marvin’s face hardened. “And he was defeated. Revena
GHOST CODES AND OLD WOUNDS
Jayden stepped off the old transit tram into the dusty heat of South Expanse. The underground zone smelled of rust, warm circuits, and ozone. Pipes hissed above him as neon signs flickered across cracked walls. This part of the Westwood city was long forgotten—unless you were chasing ghosts or building miracles.He walked through a narrow alley, then down a rusted stairwell. The walls were wet with old condensation, and cables hung like vines. At the bottom, a sliding door buzzed faintly with static. The plaque read: SIM-CORE VAULT 12: ACCESS RESTRICTED.Jayden placed his palm against the scanner. “Marvin Richmond. Code 7-alpha.”That's right, the scanner had recognised him.The lock blinked green. The door slid open with a low groan, revealing a dim corridor lit by violet LED strips embedded in the walls. The temperature dropped a few degrees. Jayden pulled his coat tighter and stepped inside.Inside the core chamber, a tall woman in a dark blue coat looked up from a row of glowi
BUILD THE SHIELD
Jayden tapped the side of the console. A schematic flickered on the screen—a tangled web of neural nodes overlaid with what looked like corrupted code.“Cognivault,” he said. “is a vault for minds. Is a system that takes your memories, personality patterns, emotional triggers... and makes them transferable. Editable. Storable.”Carl leaned in. “You’re saying he’s building a brain bank.”Jayden nodded. “And he’s already testing it.”Carl tensed. “Where?”Jayden gave him a hard look. “Orion Dynamics. Five days ago, more than half the staff dropped—blackouts, seizures, speech breakdowns. No warning. All at once.”Carl’s eyes widened. “That was never reported.”“It was classified,” Jayden said. “Because I’m the one who buried it. Vincent knew I was there. That wasn’t a test run—it was payback.”“You think he targeted Orion because of you?”Jayden’s voice turned sharp. “I know he did. But this? This isn’t vengeance. It’s a rewrite.”“A rewrite of what?” Carl asked.Jayden stared him down.
THE BLAST RADIUS
The brewery smelled of yeast and rain-soaked metal. Giant fermenters lined the walls, their copper bellies were humming with quiet energy. Occasional hisses of pressure escaped into the air like exhaled breaths, echoing softly through the vast, steel-framed space.Workers moved through the facility in practiced rhythm—gloved hands were checking gauges, tightening valves, rolling barrels into place. A forklift beeped in the distance, weaving between pallets stacked with sealed bottles. Boots clanged on the metal walkways above as a technician inspected the filtration line, nodding to himself as readings held steady.Outside, rain continued its steady fall, tapping against the wide skylights and sliding down fogged glass panels. It tried to wash the world clean, but the gray hue lingering in the air said it hadn’t succeeded yet.Despite the motion, the brewery felt... muted. The usual clatter and banter were replaced by hushed conversations and tightened faces. Like everyone could f
PULSE RESET
Dr. Varela leaned closer to E. MARGO. The patient’s body was stiff, but his lips had just moved. One word. A glitch in the silence.“Say it again,” the doctor said gently, keeping his voice steady, like he was talking to a frightened child. “E. MARGO... can you repeat that?”But E. MARGO didn’t say anything else.He opened his mouth wider—and screamed.The sound tore through the room. Raw. Loud. It wasn’t just pain—it was panic. Fear. His whole body jerked against the scanner restraints, muscles tightening like steel cables.Then, as if pulled by some invisible thread, three other patients jolted up on their beds.One thrashed violently. Another gasped like he couldn’t breathe. The third began to laugh—fast, broken, high-pitched—like a child who had seen something terrible and couldn’t stop the giggles.Jayden’s eyes darted from screen to screen. “What’s happening to them?”One of the patients, eyes wide and unfocused, hissed a single phrase:“Kill loop.”Dr. Varela sprang into action
THE ECHO PROTOCOL
Jayden stood quietly by the back door of the transport van. The sky was grey, and the wind carried a strange smell—like metal and burned plastic. Ten of the Orion Dynamics staff were being moved today. Each of them had been affected by the hex. They weren’t screaming or shaking. No, it was worse than that. They were too quiet. Eyes open, but blank. Like the lights were on, but no one was home.Two security bots carefully lifted one of the staff members onto a hover-stretcher. The man’s name tag said “E. MARGO,” but he didn’t blink, speak, or move. His body was stiff. His fingers were curled like he was still typing something on a keyboard that wasn’t there.Jayden turned to the medic. “How many more?”“Two inside the east wing,” the man answered. “They’re not violent, just... not right.”Jayden nodded. “Get them all scanned. Full neurophase run.”The mental health facility was only a few miles from the Orion Headquarters. But the ride felt long. Jayden sat in the front of the van, s
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