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“Rebecca…”Her father's voice echoed through the darkness.“Whatever you do, don't remember the night you were born.”Rebecca stood frozen.“Dad?”No answer.The chamber remained black except for the faint silver glow coming from the machine.Ethan grabbed her shoulder.“Rebecca, look at me.”She did.His face was tense.“What did you hear?”“Dad.”Claire's breathing became uneven.“Daniel.”Rebecca looked at her.“You knew he'd left a message.”Claire shook her head.“No.”“Then how—”“I don't know.”A metallic click sounded from the machine.The lights returned.Jonathan was gone.The glass chamber was empty.Rebecca stared.“He was there.”Gabriel checked the monitors.“There was no door.”“He couldn't have disappeared.”“He didn't.”Gabriel looked at the readings.“The machine shifted its frequency.”Ethan frowned.“What does that mean?”“It means what we saw may not have been physically present.”Rebecca's stomach tightened.“A memory?”“Possibly.”Claire looked at the machine.“

“Bring my granddaughter to me.”Jonathan's voice rolled through the underground chamber.Rebecca spun toward the staircase.“Where is that coming from?”Gabriel checked the console, his fingers flying across the controls.“Everywhere. The sound is being transmitted through the building's internal network.”“Can you shut it off?”“I'm trying.”The speakers crackled.“You can run, Rebecca. You can hide. But you cannot escape what you are.”Rebecca clenched her fists.“Then come and get me yourself!”The laughter stopped.“Gladly.”Every screen went black.A heavy metallic impact sounded beneath the floor.Claire seized Rebecca's arm.“We have to move.”“Not until we find Anna.”“Rebecca, listen to me. If she's really coming here, we need to know why.”“She said she's the only person who can shut down the machine.”“And what if that was a trap?”Rebecca looked at her.“Would you risk your daughter's life on that possibility?”Claire's face crumpled.“No.”“Neither will I.”Ethan moved to

For several seconds, nobody moved.Rebecca knelt on the cold floor with Anna in her arms, staring at the blood spreading across Daniel Bennett’s shirt. The gunshot still rang inside her head. Beside them, Grace stood with the bloodied key marked 247 clenched in her fist.“Daniel?” Rebecca whispered.His eyelids fluttered.“Dad!”She reached for him, but one of Grace’s guards stepped between them, raising his weapon.“Stay where you are.”Rebecca looked up at Grace. “You shot him!”Grace glanced at Daniel as though he were an inconvenience rather than a wounded man.“He should have known better than to interfere.”“You're his mother!”“And you are wasting precious time.”Claire had dropped beside Anna. She pressed trembling fingers against her daughter's neck, searching for a pulse.“She's alive,” Claire breathed. “Anna, sweetheart, please. Open your eyes.”Anna didn't respond.Ethan stood several feet away, one hand gripping the wall. His face had gone pale, and his breathing came in

The crying continued.Soft. Fragile. Almost human.Rebecca stood frozen beside the dead machine, one hand pressed over her mouth. She could still feel Jonathan's presence lingering inside her, like a shadow refusing to leave.Beneath the chamber, the child cried again.Claire tightened her grip around Anna.“Tell me you heard that.”“I heard it,” Sebastian replied.Gabriel stared at the control panel. “The main system is offline. Whatever we're hearing isn't coming through the speakers.”“Then where is it coming from?” Ethan demanded.Nobody answered.Daniel attempted to sit up. Pain twisted his face, and Sebastian pushed him gently back against the floor.“You're losing blood. Stop moving.”“There's no time.” Daniel grabbed Sebastian's sleeve. “Find the lower access hatch.”Grace's head snapped toward him.“Don't you dare.”Daniel looked at her with exhausted contempt.“You've spent twenty-eight years pretending that door doesn't exist.”Rebecca turned to Grace.“What door?”Grace's