Fool Me Once
“I was never better. I just got smarter.
Suddenly, the lab lights flickered. Behind her, a prototype— a glass chamber filled with swirling plasma—began to pulse.
Cassie whispered, “EMP?”
I nodded. “Looks like a grid disruptor.”
“It’s already started,” Lena said, her voice calm. “By morning, every satellite connected to R.R. Holdings will be blind. No comms. No guidance. No warnings.”
Cassie stepped forward, her eyes filled with tears she refused to let fall. “Please. You don’t have to do this.”
Lena’s jaw trembled. For a second, I saw her—my cousin, the girl who used to beg me to read bedtime stories.
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