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Twelve: The memory virus
11:15 AM – Carter TowerAmber stared at the security feed on her screen. One of the elevators had stopped responding. Floor 47. A floor that wasn’t supposed to exist.Felix entered quickly. “We have a breach.”Amber asked, “Is it Jason and Nova?”“No. Someone else. Masked. Came in as a cleaner. He bypassed every scanner. It’s him.”Amber’s heart skipped. “The Mirror?”Felix nodded. “He’s already inside.”---11:20 AM – Emergency Comm LineNova's voice buzzed through static. “We’re under attack. The Vault’s gone. The Mirror knows we were there.”Amber replied, “He’s already here. Inside the Tower.”Jason grabbed the comm. “Don’t trust anyone. Not even your closest team. He can become anyone.”Nova added, “We’ll land in 20 minutes. Hold the council together.”---Meanwhile – Floor 47, Carter TowerA man dressed like one of the kitchen staff stood alone in the hallway. He stared at a mirror bolted to the wall. Then, he reached out and touched the glass. His face flickered, changing shape
Eleven: The cleanser.
We all stood around the screen.Frozen.Watching Amos’s blueprint of Caleb’s weapon: The Cleanser.It looked simple.Just lines.Circles.Blocks of code.But it was more dangerous than anything I had seen in my life.Nova zoomed in on the core file.“It’s built to rewrite history,” she whispered. “Delete records. Flip news. Replace birth names. Fake crimes. Create deaths that never happened.”Felix said, “This is more than hacking.”Deek finished the thought:> “It’s a digital genocide.”---The CountdownAmos stepped forward.“He started the countdown the day I refused to help him.”I turned to him. “You said we have four days.”He nodded.“Once it’s triggered, it’ll spread across the internet. Like a virus. Quiet. Unstoppable. Everyone will see false stories. False faces. And no one will know it’s not real.”Amber asked the only question left:> “Where’s the trigger?”Amos replied,> “I don’t know. But he’s smart. He’ll hide it where truth still exists.”---The Library of TruthWe
Ten: Trigger the Trap.
Nova sat in the dark.Hands tied.Blindfold still on.The room smelled of smoke and old paint.No windows. No air.Only a fan buzzing in the corner and a camera on the wall.She had not eaten in one day.No one had spoken to her since the last video.But she wasn’t crying.She wasn’t begging.She was counting.Every second. Every footstep. Every breath the guard outside took.And in her head?She was building a map.Because Nova wasn’t just a hacker.She was a survivor.---Back at Carter Tower – 5:10 AMI sat at the control desk, reading her last message.> “Always.”Felix stood beside me, arms crossed.“You think it’s really her?”I nodded.“She used the shift code only she and I knew. Nobody else could fake it.”Amber leaned in.“She’s in. That means she can help.”Deek, still resting but awake, added, “Let’s be sure she’s safe. We can’t use her like a tool.”“I’m not,” I said. “She reached out to me.”Felix asked, “So what now?”I looked at them all.“Now we bring Caleb into the o
Nine:. Son of the Empire.
I just sat in my dark office with the city lights glowing outside, thinking.My hands were shaking, but not from fear.From confusion.From pain.From truth.> Caleb Carter.> My brother.> A name I had never heard until last night.But now, that name wouldn’t leave my mind.---Earlier That Night – The RevealHis face was clear.Same eyes as mine.Same jawline.Same stare.We both stood under the broken lights of that warehouse, one holding a gun, the other holding a memory.> “He trained you to build,” Caleb had said.“He trained me to destroy.”He told me that before our father died, he split his secrets into two sons.One would be the public leader. That was me.The other would walk in the shadows. That was him.But why?Why split us?Why never tell me?And more than that — why was Caleb trying to tear me down now?---Carter Tower – Present MomentAmber walked in with a flask of hot tea.She placed it quietly on my desk.No words.She didn’t need to speak.She knew.Everything ha
Eight:. Blood or brotherhood
3:17 AM — Carter Tower, Private OfficeI couldn’t sleep.My mind was burning.Not with fear.Not with sadness.With rage.The black box was a trick. The Shadow Table had baited us and destroyed half our system. Our name was dirt again. But this time… it wasn’t just the enemies outside.It was someone close.Someone who smiled in meetings.A voice I trusted.A shadow I didn’t see.---That Morning — 7:00 AMI called a closed meeting.Only five people.Felix. Nova. Amber. K-Six. Deek.I entered the room slowly.Said nothing for the first full minute.Then I placed my phone on the table and pressed a button.> “This room is now locked and silent. No one outside can hear us. Not even Nova’s AI.”Everyone looked nervous.Even Felix.Even K-Six.I looked each of them in the eyes.Then I said it:> “One of you is the snake.”---Silence.No one moved.No one blinked.Amber spoke first. “Jason, are you sure?”“Yes.”Deek leaned back, lips tight. “You think we’d betray you after everything?”“
Seven: The Shadow Table
Jason couldn’t sleep.Not because he was afraid…But because he finally understood something:> The world he thought he had won was just the first floor.The real power?It lived underneath.In places with no lights.In rooms where no cameras could enter.---5:45 AM – Carter Tower, Top FloorJason stood in front of a huge glass wall, watching the city wake up.Abuja looked peaceful.But now, peace made him nervous.Amber walked in, holding a tablet.“We got something,” she said quietly.Jason turned to her. “Go on.”Amber showed him a list of five names.They weren’t public leaders. Not on Forbes. Not in politics.But their companies were behind the biggest banks, weapons, and oil movements in the world.One of them owned the satellites that watched half of Africa.Another funded “research groups” that had shut down Jason’s early schools years ago.And one?Owned the server the warning message came from.Jason stared at the list.“This is the Shadow Table,” Amber said. “They’ve staye
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