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Chapter 51: The protocol
The air filtering system triggered above, allowing the silence which fell after Victor's plummet. His breathing grew shallow, the paralyzing substance which he was given has already kicked in—slowing him down but not quieting him.
Ethan getsensuring fixing Victor's wrists into cuffs. Christopher speeds his pace toward the his gun, still in control, until Isla raised her hand. "It's clear."
Christopher set the gun down, his eyes locking with Isla's. "You okay?"
She didn't answer at first. Her heart kept racing in her chest, her senses humming with adrenaline and fury. "Definitly okay," she growled, shifting her attention back to Victor. His head rolled a bit to the side, eyes struggling.
"No much time Isla repeated, her tone more even than she was. "The window for the serum is limited. We have to start the extraction."
Ethan pulled out a small case and snapped it shut. Inside, an interface rig—neural extraction pads, fiber-connected monitors, and a voice-modulation sync chip. "We'll extract his memories. But you need to be the one to question him. The serum responds to you. Your voice, your tone."
Victor's eyelids twitched. "Clever girl," he slurred "You learned from the best…"
"I learned from you."
She moved in front of him, taking a level breath. The raggedy old thing that resided beneath her skin, but she would not allow it to master her now. Not when they were this close.
"Tell me about the Echo Protocol," she commanded.
Victor's chin came up a fraction. "It…was never meant for you."
"But you created it for someone," Isla persisted. "Who was it?"
His mouth curled. "Lyra."
Silence invaded the room like a toppled weight.
Isla froze. "My mother?"
Victor nodded slowly. "She was not only the test subject. She was the prototype. The first echo."
Christopher edged one step closer. "What does that mean? What did you do to her?"
Victor's eyelids struggled to remain open, but the serum kept them in line. "Her mind…was shattered. We created what was left. Assembled an imprint of her consciousness. An emotional map. Saved in pieces in multiple hosts. The last one…was Isla."
Isla drew back, a sickness crawling up her spine. "You're saying I'm…what? A carrier? A second Lyra?"
Victor blinked at her, blood trickling in the corner of his mouth. "Not a carrier… an upgrade."
Ethan growled under his breath. "He's saying you're not her daughter. You're her continuation."
Christopher's eyes flared. "That's impossible."
Isla glared at Victor, voice trembling. "You made me to finish her mission. Or seize control of it?"
Victor remained silent. His eyes began to glaze.
"Stay with me!" Isla screamed. "What is the mission? What was the reward?"
Victor's mouth moved. A whisper escaped. "Oblivion…or rebirth."
And he froze.
The monitors beeped frantically. Ethan hunkered down closer, scanning his vitals. "He's not dead. But he's collapsed into neural shock. We did what we could."
Christopher rubbed his temples. "So what do we do with that now? What the bloody hell are we meant to do with that?"
Isla turned away, barely able to breathe. "We locate the pieces."
Ethan's head jerked up. "Pieces?"
"If what he did say is true…" Isla kept his gaze, her tone low, "Then my mother's mind did not kill itself. It was forced,Hidden. And I am not the only one who has it."
There was silence—thick and terrible.
Christopher hesitated, then said, "Who else?"
Isla answered with steel in her voice:
“Whoever survived the original trials.”
She looked at them both. “We’re not hunting Victor anymore. We’re hunting ghosts.”
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