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WHEN NO BECOMES NEVER
Meanwhile, in a dark, high-rise tower far from Sector R…Vincent Arceneaux stood in front of a tall glass wall, staring out at the glowing lights of the city below. The room was silent, lit only by a slow-moving red pulse from a machine behind him.A door opened quietly.She walked in.She was stunning. Her skin smooth was like porcelain, eyes sharp like crystal, her long black hair falling over one shoulder. She wore a simple black dress, nothing flashy—but somehow she still stole the room.Vincent turned to look at her. For a moment, he said nothing. He just smiled.“You’re even more beautiful than I was told,” he said softly. “But that’s not why you’re here.”She stayed calm, her voice was cool. “I heard you wanted to meet.”“I did,” Vincent replied. He walked toward her slowly, his hands were behind his back. “I’ve heard many things about you. How you… slip into lives. Learn everything. Leave without a trace.”She raised one eyebrow. “I do what I’m paid for.”Vincent nodded, his g
SECTOR R SHUTDOWN
The underground scanner room at Orion Dynamics was dim and filled with machines. Dr. Helena stood in front of glowing monitors. Jayden stood beside her, looking at data. Carl Bowen and Stella Orion watched from the back. Two more team members, Mia and Rafi, sat at consoles, ready to type.Helena spoke softly: “We’ve found mental resonance spikes near Site Eleven in Sector R. That means Cognivault nodes are active there.”Jayden frowned. “Sector R… that’s on Westwood’s edge, near the industrial area. Security is heavy.”Rafi looked at his screen and pointed. “Here—these coordinates, latitude 12.345, longitude −6.789. The resonance just jumped. It’s big.”Helena nodded. “Those match what I saw before. Vincent Arceneaux is planting nodes there—probably tied to command systems in local networks.”Mia leaned forward. “Something strange happened. The comm AI—my voice assistant—speaks in Vincent’s tone for a moment.”Jayden raised an eyebrow. “Explain.”Rafi suddenly looked dazed. “I—I’m th
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
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