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FLASHBACK CONTINUESIt was the night before Louis’s mother’s death. The house was quiet, the air thick with tension.His mother had been sitting on the couch, her expression soft but filled with an undeniable sadness.“Louis,” she had said, her voice a whisper in the stillness of the night.“Tomorrow is important. You need to be prepared for what’s coming. This world isn’t kind, and there are things you don’t know yet.”Louis had leaned forward, confused.“What do you mean, Mom?”She had reached into her pocket and pulled out a ring, its golden surface glinting in the low light. “This is for the woman you love, when the time is right,” she said, her voice gentle but firm.“It’s my blessing, Louis. I want you to know that no matter what happens, I will always be with you. Even when I’m not here.”Louis had laughed, trying to ease the tension.“You’re going to make me look like a handsome groom, huh?” he’d joked, holding up the ring.Her expression softened, and she smiled at him, the
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Juliet and Pearl crouched in the shadows just outside the dilapidated manor, the chill of the night seeping into their bones.Despite Louis's explicit orders to stay behind, neither could bear the thought of letting him face The Arbiter alone.Armed with determination and quiet resolve, they had followed him, keeping a safe distance as he ventured inside.“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Pearl whispered, her eyes darting toward the dimly lit windows of the manor.Juliet shot her a determined look.“Louis may think he’s invincible, but he’s not. If he’s walking into a trap, we need to be there to pull him out.”They crept around the perimeter, their steps cautious and silent.It was Juliet who first noticed the faint outline of a trapdoor partially concealed by overgrown weeds near the manor’s side entrance.“Here,” she hissed, motioning Pearl over.“Help me get this open.”Together, they pried the rusted door open, revealing a narrow set of stone steps leading into darkness.“I’ll
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Louis stood frozen, his fists clenched at his sides as The Arbiter's voice echoed through the dilapidated manor.The man’s smirk was as infuriating as ever, his words dripping with calculated malice.“Do you finally see the bigger picture, Louis?” The Arbiter taunted, pacing slowly across the room, his boots clicking against the cracked marble floor.“All of this—your exile, your suffering, even your mother’s death—it was necessary. A sacrifice for the greater good.”Louis’s voice was a low growl.“Don’t you dare speak of her as if you had any right.”The Arbiter chuckled, turning to face him.“Oh, but I do. She played her part, as you’re playing yours now. You just don’t realize it yet.”“Enough games,” Louis snapped, stepping forward.“Tell me the truth. What do you want?”The Arbiter tilted his head, feigning surprise.“You haven’t figured it out? How disappointing. Very well, allow me to enlighten you.”He gestured grandly to the room around them, as if the crumbling manor was his
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Juliet and Pearl crouched behind a stack of dusty crates in the basement, their breathing shallow as The Arbiter’s voice echoed from the floors above.“Everything Louis has endured, every loss, was because of me.”The Arbiter confessed, his words dripping with malice.“And now, he will meet the same fate as his mother.”Juliet’s hands trembled as she clutched Pearl’s arm.“He killed her,” she whispered, her voice shaking.“He orchestrated everything. He has to pay.”Pearl, pale but composed, motioned for Juliet to stay quiet.“We can’t rush this. If we act recklessly, we’ll just get ourselves caught—or worse.”They scanned the dimly lit basement, their eyes settling on an open chest filled with weapons—rusted knives, pistols, and even a few grenades.Juliet’s resolve hardened as she reached for a handgun, checking its chamber.“We can’t stay down here,” she said firmly.“If we don’t help Louis, he’ll die.”Pearl hesitated, her mind racing.“If we act now, we’ll expose ourselves. We ne
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The deafening crack of the gunshot reverberated through the manor, but Louis didn’t feel the sharp pain he expected.Instead, one of The Arbiter’s guards dropped to the ground, clutching his shoulder.From the shadows near the grand entrance, Terminator X stepped forward, his weapon smoking and his eyes sharp with determination.“Didn’t think I’d let you have all the fun, did you?” he called to Louis, a smirk tugging at his lips as he advanced, firing precise shots that sent The Arbiter’s guards scrambling for cover.Louis’s chest heaved with relief, though the situation was far from over.“You sure know how to make an entrance,” he muttered, dodging behind a column as bullets ricocheted off the marble.“Just doing my job,” Terminator X replied coolly, crouching behind an overturned table and returning fire.Amid the chaos, the grand hall descended into pandemonium.Guards shouted orders, their movements frantic as they tried to regroup against the sudden ambush.The Arbiter stood in
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The walls shook violently, and a deafening crash echoed through the passage.Dust filled the air as the corridor behind them caved in, cutting off their escape route.Louis staggered, grabbing Juliet’s arm as they narrowly avoided falling debris.“Pearl! Terminator!” Louis shouted, his voice muffled by the chaos.No response came, only the sound of crumbling stone and the distant rumble of destruction.“They’re gone!” Juliet shouted back, pulling him forward. “We have to move!”The air was thick with dust, making it hard to see, but Juliet pointed toward a faint glimmer of light further ahead. “This way!”The two of them stumbled through the dark, their path narrowing as the corridor descended into what appeared to be the manor’s underground catacombs. The temperature dropped, and the air grew damp as they navigated the maze of stone walls and hidden chambers.“Where are we?” Louis muttered, brushing cobwebs from his face.“Old estates like this often had tunnels and catacombs for sto
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The shrill alarm of the countdown reverberated through the catacombs, a suffocating reminder of their limited time.Louis’s pulse pounded in his ears as he led Juliet deeper into the labyrinthine passages.The air was damp and heavy, the dim lantern light casting ominous shadows on the stone walls.“Keep moving,” Louis urged, gripping Juliet’s hand tightly.“I’m trying!” she snapped, her breath coming in ragged gasps.“But if you hadn’t noticed, this place is a death trap!”As if on cue, the ground beneath them gave way with a loud crack.They both leapt forward just in time, landing sprawled on the other side of a hidden pit filled with spikes.“Death trap seems like an understatement,” Louis muttered, pulling Juliet to her feet.She glared at him.“Let’s just hope we don’t find any more surprises.”The catacombs seemed endless, their narrow paths winding in maddening directions.The countdown’s mechanical voice echoed through the tunnels:“Six minutes until detonation.”“We’re runni
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Meanwhile, in another part of the manor, Pearl and Terminator X found themselves cornered in a storage room, the walls vibrating with the force of nearby explosions.Pearl yanked open a cabinet, rummaging through its contents.“There has to be something in here we can use to disable the explosives.”“Work faster,” Terminator X growled, his weapon trained on the door.“The Arbiter’s men are closing in.”“Do you think I don’t know that?” she shot back, tossing aside useless equipment.Finally, she found a small device—a handheld terminal with a flickering screen.“This might be it,” she said, holding it up.Terminator X spared a quick glance.“What does it do?”Pearl inspected it, her fingers flying over the controls.“It’s connected to the explosives system. If I can bypass the encryption, I might be able to deactivate the countdown.”“Might?”She glared at him.“Would you prefer I didn’t try?”Before he could respond, the door burst open, and three of The Arbiter’s men stormed in.Ter
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Ghost had done more than try to kill him.He had crippled him.Pearl noticed the change first. “Louis, what the hell is wrong with you?”Louis tried to answer—but the words didn’t come.His throat locked. His pulse spiked erratically.Juliet’s eyes darted to him—widening in alarm.“Shit. He’s going into shock.”She tapped frantically on her screen, scanning his vitals.“His blood’s flooding with foreign nanites. His body’s rejecting them—like an autoimmune attack.”Pearl cursed. “Translation?”Juliet’s jaw clenched. “If we don’t get him treatment, he’ll be dead in less than an hour.”Pearl’s grip on her pistol tightened. “Then let’s get the hell out of here.”The drive through Apple City’s backstreets was a blur.Louis drifted in and out of consciousness, his body locked in a constant war with itself.The car screeched to a halt outside an abandoned auto shop—one of Pearl’s safe locations buried beneath the city’s grid.They hauled Louis inside, where a lone medic was waiting.An olde
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Ghost skidded slightly, recalibrating. His brain was fast, but his body was now ahead of it. That meant errors.Louis smirked. “How does it feel, Ghost?”Ghost’s expression flickered. “What?”Louis wiped blood from his lip. “You’re fast. Strong. But your mind is lagging.”Ghost’s eye twitched. A small movement, but Louis saw it. A crack in the perfection.Juliet and Pearl had no time to watch the fight.The hallway outside the lab exploded in gunfire, guards flooding in, desperate to contain the breach.Juliet pressed herself against the nearest wall, her pistol firing in quick, precise bursts.Pearl crouched behind a toppled workstation, reloading as fast as she could. “This is getting messy!”Juliet muttered under her breath, hacking into the nearest control panel. “Tell me something I don’t know.”The screen flickered. New warning: CONTAINMENT BREACH IMMINENT.Juliet swore. “The virus chamber is cracking.”Pearl exhaled sharply. “And that means?”Juliet didn’t look away from the sc
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Louis’s eyes flicked across the lab—then he saw it.A row of pressurized chemical tanks.“Pearl—cover Juliet.”She didn’t argue. She opened fire, forcing the drones to focus on her.Louis vaulted over a counter, grabbed a scalpel from a surgical tray, and sliced through the control lines of the nearest tank.A hissing sound filled the room.The moment he fired his next shot, the explosion ripped through the lab.Two drones down. One left.The third drone adjusted, recalibrating.Louis turned—but before he could fire, a bullet pierced through its core.Pearl blew the smoke off her barrel. “Took you long enough.”Juliet slammed her hand down on the console. “Got it! Doors opening now!”The main exit hissed open.Pearl grinned. “And that’s our cue.”Louis grabbed Juliet’s wrist, yanking her toward the door. “MOVE!”The facility was collapsing around them. Sirens wailed, emergency lights flickered, and the stench of burning metal filled the air.Guards flooded the hallways.Pearl went in
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Dr. Mark Voss convulsed in his chair, sweat dripping from his pale face, his breath ragged. His pupils were blown wide, body trembling as the virus burned through his system.But instead of fear—he laughed.A deep, ragged, hysterical laugh that echoed through the lab, bouncing off the sterile white walls.Pearl cocked her head, unimpressed. “What’s so funny, dead man?”Voss’s bloodshot eyes flicked to her, then to Louis. His lips curled into a twisted grin, his voice a mix of pain and amusement.“I’d rather watch the world burn… than give you control.”Louis’s stomach clenched. No.Voss’s trembling fingers slammed down on the keyboard.Red warning lights bathed the room in an eerie glow.The computer’s synthetic voice echoed through the facility:“Security lockdown initiated. All exits sealed. Containment breach detected. Automated purge in progress.”Juliet’s eyes widened. “Shit.”Pearl snarled. “What the hell did he just do?”Voss’s laughter turned into a ragged cough, but the amuse
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The sterile hum of machines filled the vault, a stark contrast to the chaos outside. Louis stood frozen, his name still flashing in bright red on the massive screen behind him.Final Test Subject: Louis Kindsor.Juliet and Pearl flanked him, weapons drawn, but their eyes were locked on the man sitting calmly at the desk in the center of the room.Dr. Mark Voss.He looked exactly as Louis had imagined. A man who belonged in a high-tech lab, not in the middle of a warzone. His sharp features were devoid of fear, his crisp white coat unstained by the horrors he had created. He looked more like a professor preparing for a lecture than the architect of a mass extinction event.And the way he smiled—like he had already won.Louis clenched his fists.“You’re the one behind this,” he said, his voice deathly calm.Dr. Voss leaned back in his chair, adjusting his glasses as if they weren’t discussing a biological weapon meant to wipe out an entire bloodline.“Ah, Mr. Kindsor. I was wondering wh
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Inside, the stench of decay and antiseptic clung to the air, the eerie silence wrapping around them like a death shroud.Juliet moved quickly to a secured elevator panel, her fingers flying over the touchpad.“The main facility is buried four levels underground,” she murmured. “Security’s tight, but I can override it.”Pearl arched a brow. “You mean without setting off alarms?”Juliet hesitated.“…Mostly.”Pearl sighed. “That’s what I thought.”Louis exhaled, pressing the earpiece closer. “Do it. We’re on borrowed time.”Juliet typed in a series of commands, bypassing the biometric scans. A moment later, the elevator dinged softly, doors sliding open.They stepped inside, weapons ready.As the doors sealed them in, Pearl flexed her grip on her pistol. “How many guards are we expecting?”Juliet glanced at her tablet. “…All of them.”The doors slid open onto a hallway bathed in cold, sterile white.This wasn’t a makeshift lab like the last facility. This was something else.A temple to
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The underground lab was a maze of sterile white corridors, the air thick with the scent of disinfectant and something darker, more sinister.Juliet led the way, eyes darting between the blueprint on her tablet and the hallways stretching before them. “The main server room is ahead. If I can access the controls, I can wipe every trace of the virus.”Louis glanced at Pearl. “Stay sharp.”They moved in silence, shadows slipping through the corridors. Every step was calculated. Every turn a possible ambush.And then—They found the test chamber.A glass-walled room in the center of the facility, cold and sterile.Inside, strapped to a medical table—Elias Kindsor.Louis’s stomach clenched. His uncle looked barely alive. His skin pale, his body hooked up to machines.Pearl moved toward the glass. “What the hell did they do to him?”Juliet scanned the monitors. Her face darkened.“He’s the live test subject,” she whispered.Louis felt a slow, creeping rage coil in his chest.His uncle wasn’
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Project Blood Moon was in motion.If they didn’t move now, Louis’s entire bloodline would be wiped out.Juliet sat at the desk, hunched over her screen, decrypting the last fragments of stolen files. Her fingers moved fast, but her face was pale.“We don’t have days,” she said, her voice tight. “We don’t even have hours. They’ve started the countdown.”Louis’s fists clenched at his sides. He already knew it. The clock was ticking.Pearl stood near the weapons table, methodically loading a magazine, her expression unreadable.“We take the facility,” she said. No hesitation. “We get in, we kill anyone in our way, and we erase that virus from existence.”Juliet exhaled. “It’s not that simple, Pearl. It’s a bio-secure facility. We can’t just waltz in and start shooting.”Pearl raised an eyebrow. “Sure we can.”Louis finally spoke, his voice low but firm. “Juliet’s right. This isn’t just about breaking in. We need to make sure the virus is destroyed permanently.”And that meant getting ins
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Pearl’s body tensed immediately. “You’re telling me this thing—” she gestured toward Louis, “—was made specifically to kill him?”Juliet shook her head. “Not just him.”She turned her screen, flashing an encrypted list that sent a shiver down Louis’s spine.Names. Birthdates. Genealogical data.Juliet pointed at the top. “They’ve mapped out your entire family line. Not just you, Louis—your parents, your extended relatives, anyone remotely connected to your lineage.”Louis didn’t react immediately. His mind sifted through old memories—names and faces from a past he had long since buried.His mother. His father. Gone.But his uncle, distant cousins—they were still out there.Pearl exhaled slowly. “How far have they gotten?”Juliet clicked through more files, her jaw tightening. “They’re not testing it on the streets yet. Not on live populations.”Pearl folded her arms. “Then where?”Juliet’s face darkened. “A facility. One of The Obsidian Ring’s black sites. The files list it as Lockdow
