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Chapter 85: The Garden of Mutations
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2026-02-11 18:38:30The corridor led them into a massive underground dome.
It was breathtaking. And terrifying.
"We are in the middle of the Sahara," Luke whispered, lowering his rifle. "How is there a jungle down here?"
The dome was filled with lush, thick vegetation. But it wasn't normal. The leaves were a sickly shade of purple. The vines pulsed as if blood was pumping through them. Giant flowers the size of car tires opened and closed, revealing jagged teeth.
The air was hot and humid, smelling of sulfur and sweet rot.
"Don't touch anything," Jackson ordered, his voice echoing in the cavernous space.
"These aren't Earth plants," Alex scanned a leaf with his handheld device. "Their DNA is... rewritten. 50% plant, 20% reptile, 30% unknown."
They walked along a glass skybridge suspended over the jungle floor. Below them, strange creatures—hybrids of lizards and wolves—prowled in the shadows.
"Why?" Serenity asked, looking at the horrors. "Why create these monsters?"
"Because evolution is messy, my dear."
A high-pitched, scratchy voice spoke from the loudspeakers hidden in the trees.
"Who's there?" Jackson aimed his gun at the control tower in the center of the dome.
"I am Dr. Phineas," the voice giggled. "Welcome to my nursery."
On a large screen above the walkway, a face appeared. It was a gaunt man with wild green hair and goggles. He looked insane.
"Arthur wanted immortality for himself," Dr. Phineas explained. "But The Order... we want to reshape the whole world. The Element doesn't just work on humans. It works on nature."
"Imagine," Phineas spread his arms. "Soldiers who can regenerate like starfish. Skin as hard as oak bark. Eyes that see in the dark like vipers. I am harvesting the best traits of nature to build the perfect human!"
"You're not building humans," Jackson said coldly. "You're building abominations."
"Critics, always critics," Phineas sighed. "Maybe you will appreciate my work more... if you become part of the fertilizer."
Click.
Suddenly, the glass skybridge beneath their feet retracted.
"Whoa!" Luke grabbed the railing.
"The plants!" Alex screamed. "Look out!"
Below them, the massive purple vines began to writhe. They shot up from the ground like tentacles, reaching for the bridge.
"They react to heat!" Alex shouted. "They are trying to grab us!"
"Open fire!" Jackson commanded.
They unleashed a hail of bullets on the vines. Green sap exploded everywhere. The plants recoiled, screeching like injured animals.
But more were coming. A giant Venus flytrap lunged at Serenity.
Jackson spun around, pulling a combat knife. He sliced the plant's head clean off in mid-air.
"Get to the tower!" Jackson pointed at the central structure. "Phineas is inside! If we kill the gardener, the garden dies!"
They sprinted across the shaking bridge, pursued by living, hungry vegetation.
"I hate nature," Luke grumbled, throwing a grenade into a cluster of vines. Boom.
Jackson kicked the door to the control tower open.
Inside, Dr. Phineas was trying to pack his samples. He looked up, surprised that they survived his garden.
"You... you ruined my hydrangeas!" Phineas cried.
"I'm going to ruin your face," Jackson grabbed him by the lab coat.
"Wait!" Phineas squealed. "Don't kill me! I'm just a scientist! I take orders!"
"Who gives the orders?" Jackson pressed the barrel of his gun against Phineas’s nose. "Who is the Grand Master?"
"I don't know his name! No one knows!" Phineas trembled. "He communicates only through the Quantum Network! But... but I know where the next shipment is going!"
"Where?"
"To the Sector Ice," Phineas gasped. "The Arctic Base. That's where they are keeping the 'Final Weapon'. The Prototype."
"What prototype?" Serenity asked, stepping forward.
Phineas looked at her with wide, fearful eyes.
"They cloned him. They tried to bring him back."
"Bring who back?" Jackson demanded.
Phineas swallowed hard.
"Your father. Liam Sterling."
The gun in Jackson's hand wavered for the first time.
His father. The man who supposedly died in that crash twenty years ago alongside Margaret.
The Order wasn't just harvesting plants. They were harvesting ghosts.
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