Chapter 129: The Orion Signal—Sophia stood at the edge of the helipad as dawn broke over Nevada’s mountain range, her hair caught in the early wind. The private transport arranged by the DOJ was waiting—a jet painted matte gray, no insignia, just a long fuel range and clearance to fly under civili
She pulled it out and saw a new message from her father.Katherine saw the news. She’s proud of you.Her throat tightened. She typed back quickly.Tell her I’ll be home soon.Then paused.And tell her we’re making the world safer for her. One piece at a time.---The next morning, Sophia sat in fron
Chapter 128: The World Awakens---The first headline broke at 4:02 a.m. Eastern.“Illegal Human Experimentation Facility Raided in Nevada Desert.”By 4:19, the story had been picked up by every major outlet on the east coast. Before sunrise, satellite footage leaked—grainy but undeniable—of black v
---Twenty minutes later, the retinal scanner chimed. The blast door hissed as hydraulics disengaged. Cold air rushed out, thick and stale, like it hadn’t been circulated in days. They raised their weapons and stepped through.And immediately froze.The chamber was circular, bathed in soft blue ligh
Chapter 127: The Vault Below---The hallway was unnaturally quiet—clean, clinical, almost sterile in its silence. The kind of silence that whispered of secrets. Of things hidden, and things deliberately erased.Sophia moved in a crouch, weapon in hand, her boots barely making a sound against the co
She spent the last part of the flight reviewing the intel they’d gathered—sifting through satellite images of the facility, blueprints, and profiles of the private contractors who operated the place. These weren’t the ordinary soldiers they’d fought before. No, these men and women were something els