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[POV: Lyon Darlington]"Execute the transfer," Lyon said, his voice flat as he pointed at the glass terminal screen. "Absorb every remaining asset into the Blackwood medical portfolio."Lancelot tapped the screen twice. "The Darlington holding name has officially been wiped from the national corporate registry. The family name no longer exists on any commercial board.""Good," Lyon said, his fingers resting motionless on his wheelchair armrests. "Where are the remaining sisters?""Connie and Lydia were evicted from their apartment an hour ago," Lancelot replied, stepping back. "They tried to use their mother's old black card at a local cafe, but the system flagged it as stolen property. They are currently sitting on the sidewalk with their suitcases."On the wall display, a brief news clip showed Connie screaming at a tow truck driver as he hitched her sports car to his winch. Her makeup was smeared, and her high heels were broken at the ankles."They brought this on themselves," Jess
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[POV: Lyon Darlington]"They are leading Chairman Victor Vane out in handcuffs right now," Lancelot reported, his dark boots clicking against the polished concrete floor of the Blackwood research bay. "Every financial network in the country is broadcasting the arrest live."Lyon did not turn his wheelchair toward the ceiling-mounted monitors. His fingers hovered over the glass touch interface controlling the localized magnetic resonance array."I do not care about Victor Vane's television rating," Lyon said, his voice flat and perfectly steady. "Check the impedance levels on the neural bridge electrodes.""Impedance is holding at zero point four ohms," Dr. Jessica called out from inside the sterile glass surgical room. Her surgical mask covered her nose and mouth, but her dark eyes were wide with intense concentration. "The patient's motor cortex signal is firing."On the surgical bed behind the reinforced glass, a thirty-two-year-old former construction worker lay prone, his exposed
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[POV: Lyon Darlington]"They think filing a countersuit protects them," Lyon said, his fingers tapping a rhythmic pattern against his titanium armrest. "Print the entire financial audit package."Mandolin leaned down, placing a warm tablet into Lyon's hands. "The international freeze orders hit their accounts four minutes ago. Chairman Victor Vane is currently trapped in his executive office with twelve federal marshals outside his glass doors.""The marshals are too late," Lyon said flatly. His eyes scanned the scrolling green code on his wall monitors. "He already signed the liquidation transfer. Read me the third paragraph."Mandolin cleared his throat. "The Vane Conglomerate hereby transfers seventy percent of its commercial health assets to the offshore holding group run by Nathaniel Darlington, effective immediately upon arrest.""Nathaniel is sitting in a federal detention cell," Dr. Jessica said, stepping into the Blackwood command room. She held a stack of signed hospital tra
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[POV: Lucas Darlington]"They missed the deadline," Lancelot said, his voice flat as he stood behind Lucas's wheelchair in the high-tech sanctuary of the Blackwood command suite. "The seventy-two hours expired six minutes ago, Master Lucas."Lucas didn't turn his chair. He kept his eyes fixed on the digital wall monitors displaying the global market exchanges. "They didn't just miss it. They launched their counter-offensive.""The injunction papers were served to our legal desk at eight this morning," Mandolin said, walking into the room with a silver tray bearing a single dark tablet. "The Vane Conglomerate filed three simultaneous lawsuits in the federal circuit court. They claim Blackwood's core neural interface stolen IP."Lucas adjusted his titanium glasses with his index finger. "Standard procedure for a dying beast. What else?""They went after your medical competency," Mandolin continued, tapping the tablet interface to project three major news feeds onto the main wall. "A coo
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[POV: Lucas Darlington]"He is five minutes early," Lancelot said, his voice dropping through the encrypted earpiece as he adjusted the tactical earpiece wire against his collar. "Two vehicles pulled into the underground sub-level. Chairman Vane is inside the bulletproof Maybach. He brought three bodyguards, but none of them are armed with firearms—our sensors swept them at the gate."Lucas did not turn his wheelchair away from the glass observation window overlooking the private Blackwood testing courtyard."Let him up," Lucas said, his tone flat, even, and completely cold. "Search his shoes and his watch for frequency bugs. Strip his security detail down to one escort. If any of them steps past the threshold line without permission, break their knees.""Understood, Master Lucas," Lancelot replied. "Mandolin has cleared the ninth floor."Lucas rolled his chair back from the window, adjusting his glasses with his thumb. The quiet hum of his motorized wheels echoed softly against the r
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[POV: Lucas Darlington]"Execute the transfer now," Lucas said into his collar microphone, his fingers resting motionless on the mahogany arms of his wheelchair.The stage spotlights at the Capital Medical Convention burned hot against his neck, casting his shadow wide over the empty wooden lectern. Below him, two police officers dragged Nathaniel through the side exit in heavy steel cuffs. Nathaniel's screams still echoed off the high rafters, a pathetic, ragged sound that died out the moment the acoustic doors sealed shut."Server nodes three through seven are fully synchronized, Master Lucas," Mandolin's steady voice came through the encrypted ear piece. "The media packages have landed on every primary broadcast desk in the country. Distribution is at one hundred percent."Lucas did not smile. He didn't blink. He adjusted his titanium-framed glasses with his right index finger, watching the blue digital clock on the podium count down the seconds.Across the nation, every major news
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