LOGINSharon looked at the woman in the glass cylinder.She wondered for a moment if she was looking into a mirror from a future that she had never lived.The same face.The same eyes.In the same small scar under her left eyebrow.But this woman looked tired; as if she had been fighting something for decades and never got a break from it.Alex went in front of Sharon."Who are you?"The older lady laughed."You already know."I want you to say it," I said.Her eyes scanned him.But you still care for her,"Alex's expression hardened."You know me?"Before you knew yourself I knew you!The air was chilled in the chamber.Sharon walked over Alex."You said you created the apocalypse."The woman nodded."Not intentionally.""Tell me what happened, then.The woman gazed at the baby in Sharon's arms.She instantly changed her face.Fear.Real fear.Down with that child!Sharon tightened her hold."Why?"That's not the kid I think it is, because.Alex raised his weapon."Explain."The woman shoo
The ground blew up around them.Sharon barely had a second to react before Alex grabbed her waist and pulled her back, protecting her body as the ground cracked down the middle of the room.Daniel yelled something, but the sound was drowned out by a low growl that came from below.Everything under the facility shook.The ceiling creaked and cracked, sending down clumps of concrete.Warning alarms flashed red.And something beneath their feet began to breathe.Once.Twice.Slowly.Deeply.Like the ground itself had lungs.Sharon held the human baby close while starring at the silver-eyed child Michael held.The baby smiled."Mother."Sharon's heart stopped.Alex pulled her back."Don't answer it."Michael laughed quietly."You still think you can protect her."Alex raised his weapon."I don't need to think."Michael's expression changed."You should remember what happened the first time."Alex froze.Sharon looked at him."What does he mean?"Michael's smile widened."You don't remembe
For a few seconds, Sharon could not breatheShe looked at the two babies standing in the center of the underground chamber, one clinging to her chest and the other cradled in the woman who wore her face.They were identicalThe same tiny handsthe same pale skinthe same dark veins snaking up their necksand the same completely black eyes.The system's warning hovered in front of Sharon.TWO HOSTS DETECTED.ONE WORLD.ONE TIMELINE.ONLY ONE CHILD CAN SURVIVESharon's fingers tightened around the baby in her arms."No."She heard herself say it.Original Sharon looked at her sadly."You still don't understand."I understand perfectly.""No, you don't."Original Sharon took a step forward."The system isn't asking you which baby you prefer."Sharon's heart stopped."Then what is it asking?"Original Sharon looked up at the two children."It is asking which version of the future deserves to exist."A deep vibration suddenly rolled through the floor.The whole facility shook and dust fell
The system message was all Sharon could hear while she was staring at it, as all other sounds had faded away in the laboratory.This habit, known as "Alex Knight's bunker" lies directly opposite the St. John's School.CURRENT GUARDIAN: MICHAEL.Her stomach tightened.Michael was to be in front of her.The system was telling him that he was somewhere else, though.That really meant there was more than one Michael.Again.“How many different types of him are there?” Sharon whispered.Evelyn eyed her.“Enough.”Sharon turned sharply.Of course, this is not an answer.”Evelyn's face was expressionless.“Blackwell also learned that the organism could replicate biological patterns but could not replicate consciousness exactly, so they started making multiple copies of the same person until they finally found one that could carry the organism.”Daniel's jaw tightened.“And one of those versions was Michael.”“No.”Evelyn stared at the baby.“Michael was the first successful one.”Sharon's eye
Sharon tried to move.Nothing happened.Her fingers remained wrapped around the baby, but they no longer belonged to her.Her legs were frozen.Her lungs barely moved.Even her heartbeat seemed to have fallen under someone else's control.The baby stared into her eyes.“Wake me.”Sharon's mind screamed.MOVE.Her body refused.Across the chamber, Alex was still trapped behind the glass, with Michael standing behind him and a gun pressed against his head.Daniel yelled out, but his voice was lost to Sharon, she couldn't make out what he was saying anymore.Everything sounded distant.Muffled.The system appeared.ORGANISM AWAKENING: 100%Sharon's vision blurred.Then a new message appeared.HOST ACCEPTANCE REQUIRED.She stared at the words.Host acceptance?She hadn't agreed to anything.The little one gently put his small hand on her chest.A wave of heat exploded through her body.Suddenly, Sharon could hear everything.The heartbeat beneath the facility.The creatures moving through
Sharon spun around so fast, her world blurred before her."Alex!"There was nothing but silence.The room was exactly the same, except Alex wasn't there, and the pool of blood on the ground was the only sign that he had been there.Daniel raised his weapon."Everyone stay together."Sharon barely heard him.Her eyes flicked around the room searching every detail."Alex!"There was a muffled sound coming from the speakers.Then static.Then Alex's voice."Sharon..."She was at the control panel in an instant."Alex, where are you?"There was a distorted laugh.It wasn't Alex's.It was Michaels."You should've seen your face."Sharon felt her blood run cold."Where is he?""You're asking the wrong question again.""Michael!""He's exactly where he needs to be."The screen came to life.It revealed Alex's face.He was in some kind of small metal chamber with his hands bound behind him, blood trickling down his cheek.Sharon took a step forward."Alex!"His eyes immediately locked onto he







