CHAPTER 25: THE FALL OF THE HOSPITAL

The archive erupted into chaos.

Capsule doors opened.

Children collapsed onto the floor, weak and confused.

Some could not walk.

Others screamed at lights they had not seen in years.

The countdown reached ninety seconds.

Adrian looked at Mason.

“We can’t move them all.”

Subject Zero stood without assistance.

Her hospital gown hung loosely around her thin body.

She placed one hand against the central control column.

The entire building went silent.

The countdown stopped.

Sebastian stared down from the upper level.

“No.”

The girl looked at him.

“You kept me asleep.”

Her voice was soft, but every speaker carried it.

Sebastian pressed the remote.

Nothing happened.

“You belong to me.”

She tilted her head.

Then Sebastian’s right arm fell uselessly at his side.

Daniel stared at her.

“You can control him without touching him.”

“I can feel every Helix implant.”

Adrian stepped closer.

“What is your name?”

The girl looked toward Elena’s image.

“She called me Grace.”

The hospital shook again.

The demolition had stopped, but the structure was already failing.

Grace opened the tunnel doors.

Emma pushed Eli toward Daniel.

Father and son touched hands for the first time.

Daniel closed his eyes.

Warmth passed between them.

Eli gasped.

His right foot moved.

Then his left.

Emma began crying.

Daniel’s skin turned gray.

Eli realized what was happening.

“Stop.”

Daniel kept his hand in place.

“Dad, stop!”

Feeling rushed back into Eli’s legs.

At the same moment, Daniel collapsed.

Adrian caught him.

Eli stood shakily from the wheelchair.

His first steps carried him toward his father.

Daniel opened his eyes.

“I owed you that.”

“You don’t owe me your life.”

Before Daniel could answer, Sebastian ran toward Grace with a hidden blade.

Adrian stepped between them.

The blade entered Adrian’s side.

Mason fired.

Sebastian fell backward into the burning control room.

The floor collapsed beneath him.

He disappeared into the flames.

Grace looked toward the hole.

“He isn’t dead.”

“How do you know?” Victoria asked.

May you like

MY SISTER THREW A HOT SKILLET AT MY 4-YEAR-OLD—THEN MY MOTHER’S TEXT EXP...

The next part began before I had time to understand the last one.Hospital social worker Denise reads Helen's message and immediate...

MY MOTHER THREW MY SIX-WEEK-OLD BABY TOWARD THE FIRE—THEN MY QUIET FATHE...

At my backyard baby shower, my mother lifted my six-week-old daughter and said, "You gave birth before your sister... you betrayed...

I FOUND MY EX SLEEPING AT THE AIRPORT WITH TWINS WHO HAD MY EYES—THEN A...

I Found My Ex, Who Vanished 6 Years Ago, Sleeping at JFK With 2 Kids Who Had My Eyes. Then I Heard My Mother Say, “Their Mother Sh...

Grace’s eyes became distant.

“Because I can still feel him.”