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a service alley and drove directly toward the brick wall of a dere
the panel hissed shut behind us, sealing us in. Bright white lights flickered on, illumi
and judgment, ceased to exist. Do
ject Chimera's data stream. The leak lasted 0.01 seco
scading lines of code. Data flowed through my mind not as numbers, but as patterns, as
isn't part of the diagnostic. It's a mimetic beacon, designe
sor Albright and his team have been at it f
stop before a massive alloy blast door emblazoned with a discreet, stylized
nter buzzed with quiet, focused energy. Scientists and technicians moved between holographic dis
th, I had on a practical pair of black trousers and a white button-down shirt. My whole d
rd us. Professor Albright. "Dr. Welch! Thank God you're
external physical connections now," I ordered, my voice calm but carrying an absolute a
of panic, now moved with renewed pur
screen in front of me was a waterfall of red alert
nterface responding to my thoughts as much as my
Albright said, his voice tight with anxiety as he stood beh
cient logic bomb, wrapped in a quantum entanglement shell. They're using
ate the malicious code, buried deep wi
would be like swatting a fly. I wa
A data trap, disguised as a system
u," I w
inal command
data streams resolved into clean, orderly lines of blue. The low,
hrough the control center, followed
e globe with a single, blinking red dot over a remote location in
" He shook his head in disbelief. "With this final stress test passed, Project Chimera is o
The tension in my shoulders began to recede. The lazy, almost bored express
rubbing my temples. "I'm going to f
d. He knew I wouldn't actually sleep. "Good work, H," he said qu
he warmth seeping
oice even lower. "He also told me to inform yo
ned. "
his breach, the General agrees. Your cover as a 'wolfless outcast' is becoming a liability
ppeared in my composure. Theodore Carter. That stubborn, m
am fogging my vision. This was an entan
oved it. Which meant it
w breath and
, my voice fla
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