LOGINORIGINAL SUBJECT: VIVIENNE VALE.Eliana stared at the screen.Vivienne.The woman who claimed she had saved her life.The woman who ordered Adrian to forget her.The woman who had been manipulating events from the shadows.Now the system was calling her the original subject.“That's impossible,” Isabelle whispered.Edward's face appeared on the screen again.“Isn't it fascinating? Everyone spent years searching for the original Elena Reyes, while the real subject was standing in front of them all along.”Eliana looked at the laboratory door.“Where is Vivienne?”Edward smiled.“Closer than you think.”A mechanical click sounded behind them.The group turned.A hidden door opened beside the medical chambers.Vivienne stepped into the laboratory.She was wearing a dark coat, and her expression was unreadable.Richard immediately raised his weapon.“Don't move.”Vivienne glanced at him.“You always did point guns at the wrong people.”“Give me one reason not to pull the trigger.”“Becaus
ONLY ONE ADRIAN WILL LEAVE THE FACILITY.Eliana read the message twice.Then she looked at the two men standing in front of her.Two identical faces.Two lives connected by a history she barely understood.And one cruel decision waiting at the end of the countdown.“No,” she whispered.The original Adrian slipped the metallic key into his pocket.“Edward always did enjoy dramatic announcements.”The Adrian beside Eliana remained silent.His eyes were fixed on the screen.“Is this what he wants?” he finally asked. “For us to fight?”“Not exactly,” the original Adrian replied. “He wants the system to choose which identity remains.”“And the other?”“Will be erased.”Daniel clenched his fists.“Then we destroy the system before it happens.”Elias shook his head.“We can't destroy it from here. The master controls are inside Saint Aurelia.”Richard checked his weapon.“Then we're going there.”Isabelle immediately stepped forward.“No. That's what Edward wants.”“Staying here won't stop h
“It's been a long time since someone used my name.”The stranger stood at the chapel entrance.He had Adrian's face.The same sharp jawline. The same dark eyes. The same expression that made people instinctively step aside.But the thin scar above his right eyebrow made him different.Adrian stared at him.“Who are you?”The stranger smiled faintly.“You really don't remember me?”“No.”“Of course. They took that from you, too.”Daniel moved between them.“Stay away from him.”The stranger's eyes shifted toward Daniel.“Little brother.”Daniel's expression twisted.“Don't call me that.”“Still angry?”“You disappeared.”“I was taken.”“And you left us believing you were dead!”The stranger's smile faded.For a moment, something painful crossed his face.“I didn't have a choice.”Adrian stepped forward.“Enough. If you're my brother, prove it.”The stranger studied him.“Do you remember the garden behind our childhood home?”“No.”“Mother's white roses?”“No.”“The wooden airplane you
TO SAVE ADRIAN VALE, ELIMINATE SUBJECT FOUR.The words remained on the screen long after Edward's transmission ended.Nobody spoke.Eliana looked at Adrian, who was staring at the message as if it had personally condemned him.“What's Subject Four?” she asked.Adrian turned toward Isabelle.“Mother, who was the first child?”Isabelle's lips trembled.She looked at her son, then at the photograph still resting on the table.“I had two sons,” she finally whispered.Daniel went completely still.Richard lowered his weapon.Adrian's expression hardened.“Two?”Isabelle nodded.“Before you were born, I gave birth to a little boy. His name was Adrian.”Adrian frowned.“Then who am I?”“You are my second son.”The silence that followed felt suffocating.Daniel stepped forward.“That's impossible. I've known Adrian my entire life.”“You knew the boy who grew up beside you,” Isabelle answered. “But there were things Edward never allowed our family to discuss.”Richard looked away.Adrian notic
“Who are you?”Adrian's question echoed through the locked chapel.Eliana stood frozen in front of him.His eyes were empty again.No recognition. No warmth. No trace of the man who had held her hand only moments ago.“Adrian,” she whispered.He stepped away.“Don't come closer.”Her heart sank.“It's me. Eliana.”He looked at her pendant, then at her face.“Why are you calling me that?”“Because you know me.”“I don't.”The words were simple.But they hurt like a blade.Behind them, the chapel console continued flashing red.IDENTITY AUTHENTICITY UNDER REVIEW.MEMORY RECOVERY: 0%.Elias rushed to the console.“Someone reset his entire memory sequence!”Isabelle grabbed his arm. “Can you restore it?”“Not while the system is reviewing his identity. If I force a recovery, it might permanently damage his memory structure.”Richard pointed his weapon at the woman who had appeared in the chapel.“Shut it down!”She laughed.“You still think a gun can solve everything?”“Try me.”The woman
The woman stood behind Daniel.Her face was identical to Eliana's.But unlike the woman in the previous recording, this one wasn't smiling. Her expression was cold, almost emotionless, as she watched everyone inside the chapel.“Now that all three subjects are together,” she repeated, “we can finally begin the real experiment.”Adrian immediately moved in front of Eliana.“Let him go.”The woman glanced at him.“Still playing the hero, Adrian?”“Release my brother.”Daniel struggled against the hand gripping his shoulder.“Don't listen to her!” he shouted. “She's not who you think she is!”The woman tightened her grip.“That's enough.”A small device in her other hand blinked red.Elias noticed it.“Everyone, get away from the console!”He pulled Eleanor behind one of the stone pillars just as the device released a sharp electronic pulse.The chapel lights flickered.The remaining screens turned on.PROJECT SEVEN: FINAL PHASE.THREE SUBJECTS DETECTED.PRIMARY: ELENA REYES.SECONDARY:







