Masuk##AUTHOR’S POV A technician approached and opened the laboratory door."Doctor, the equipment is ready."Dr. Nathaniel nodded."Bring her in."Claire glanced through the glass one last time.The other Madison hadn't moved. She was still watching.Then a researcher guided Claire toward the adjoining chamber.The room was colder than the observation area. A narrow medical bed stood in the center, surrounded by monitors, cables, and equipment she couldn't identify. Several electrodes were arranged on a tray beside it.A transparent screen separated the bed from the control station."Lie down," Dr. Nathaniel instructed.A technician fastened monitoring bands around her wrists and ankles. Another attached electrodes to her temples, forehead, and the base of her skull.The cold adhesive made her flinch.A researcher adjusted the equipment above her head."Baseline readings are stable. Heart rate. Eighty-four.""Neural activity?""Within expected parameters."Dr. Nathaniel moved behind the
##AUTHOR’S POV Dr. Nathaniel looked at her."Which message?""The one telling me I had ten days before the original ending."His expression changed."You received that?""Yes."He was silent.Then he turned back toward the display."That message was not part of our official monitoring system.""Then what does it mean?""We don't know."Claire felt her patience slipping."Do you know anything?""I know that your actions have changed the expected sequence of events. The original programme had a predicted timeline based on the information contained in your memories. But your interventions have altered it.""So the movie...""Whatever you call it, your memories provided a reference for events that had not yet occurred in this reality."Claire looked at the screen.For weeks, she had been relying on her knowledge of The Last Bell to survive.She had believed she was inside a story whose major events she could anticipate.But the story had changed because she had changed it.And now she un
##AUTHOR’S POVMadison was one of our central subjects. Her neurological responses were unusual—patterns we had never observed before.“Because of the experiment?”“Initially, yes.”He displayed another document: a series of brain scans dated several days before the outbreak.“After one of the procedures, Madison began displaying signs of a second consciousness. She recalled experiences that weren’t hers. Places she had never visited. People she had never met. Sometimes she spoke under a different name.”Claire’s mouth went dry. “What name?”Dr. Nathaniel looked at her. “Claire Bennett.”The room seemed to grow colder. She stepped back. “That’s impossible.”“She also described memories from another life. We recorded her.”“You’re saying Madison remembered *my* life?”“Not exactly.” He enlarged one of the scans. “Her activity showed two distinct patterns. One belonged to Madison. The other contained memories and responses associated with you—details she could not have known, experience
##AUTHOR’S POV Where are you taking me?""Below the military complex.""Why?""Because that's where the people who have been looking for you are waiting."He gestured toward a secured vehicle.Claire looked once more in the direction Mason had been taken. Then she followed.The vehicle entered a restricted section of the military complex.Instead of continuing toward the medical tents, it passed through two guarded checkpoints before descending along a concrete ramp.Claire watched the surroundings carefully.The walls were reinforced. Security cameras covered every corner, and armed personnel stood beside heavy steel doors.The deeper they travelled, the more the place resembled a research facility than a military installation.At the end of the ramp, the vehicle stopped before a wide entrance.A red symbol was displayed above the doors.Claire's breathing changed.She knew that symbol. She had seen it on the building outside Hwayang. The same warning marking. The same geometric pat
##AUTHOR’S POV "We finally have you, Madison Hayes."Claire stared at the officer.The electronic device in his hand continued emitting a faint hum. Its screen displayed several lines of information, but she couldn't read them from where she stood.She tightened her grip around Mason's hand."Don't come any closer."The officer stopped."You're not in danger.""That's what the people in Hwayang said."His expression remained unchanged."We have no intention of harming you.""Then tell me why you've been hunting me since the outbreak began.""That explanation will be provided at the facility."Claire shook her head."I'm not going anywhere with you."The officer glanced at the soldiers surrounding them."Your cooperation would make this considerably easier.""Then answer my questions."Before he could respond, another soldier approached."Sir, the boy has been cleared for preliminary examination. We need to take him to the civilian medical section."Claire immediately stepped in front
##AUTHOR’S POV Claire reached for him, but the infected pulled him backward.Ethan moved first.He swung the metal bar against the infected's head.The creature released Mason and crashed into the seats."Get away from him!"Ethan struck it again.Claire grabbed Mason and pulled him behind her."Are you hurt?"Mason shook his head, crying.Ethan turned toward them."Go! Get outside!"But before they could move, another group of infected poured through the connecting doorway.There were too many.They rushed into the carriage, knocking over seats and trampling anything in their path.A soldier near the exit raised his rifle."INCOMING!"Gunfire erupted.One infected fell, but the others kept coming.The soldiers outside began shouting."Get the passengers out!""Close the rear access!""Don't let them reach the platform!"The doorway quickly became crowded.Passengers shoved one another as they tried to escape. A man fell near the exit, and two people stumbled over him.Claire pulled







