The last sliver of sunlight faded away at the horizon, and the atmosphere in the neighborhood grew heavy with tension.

The families, aware of their confinement, dared not make any sudden moves. They all sat in the living room, silently listening to

the negotiations happening outside.

The shouting had ceased, leaving everyone uncertain about what was to come. Their lives were all in the hands of Bernard.

And Bernard, he had lost his mind - or perhaps he had been mad all along.

He found his seat and slowly tapped his fingers on the armrest. When the silence persisted outside, a smirk played on his lips.

He turned to Lingery behind him and said, "Look at these people. The moment their wives and children are in danger, they clam

up. They can't spout their self-righteous drivel anymore. Such hypocrites, aren't they? What makes them any different from me?"

Lingery poured him a cup of tea, "Please, have a drink."

Bernard took a sip before asking, "How's Rachel doing?"

"She got the real lan out, but Dylan didn't fall for it. Thought he'd go after them himself, but he had the Sanders family call a press

conference right away."

"He's somewhat interesting, I'll give him that."

Bernard drank half the cup of tea, his gaze drifting towards the hibernation chamber where Maja lay.

"It's a shame, really. She's pregnant and the data's unstable. Otherwise, she would've been the first one for the experiment."

son might be of concern, but deep down, it was

Doctor said the surgery will be

had been ages since he had a good rest, and

imminent, he found it even harder to find peace. After years of plotting, his wish was

and it felt surreal.

Sarah stood in front of a pile of data when

111 in

holding a syringe without

she pulled out her previous data records, "Is it possible

Compound 112."

research base for her

notes. But with evidence

if Sarah herself had

expression remained unchanged. With

it wrong. My apologies. I'll inject Compound 112

conversation caught Lingery's attention, and he approached with a

nothing. Just a minor error in the data

Queena, her face still etched with confusion, while Sarah appeared

and remember

on her, which made

to keep her and lan together forever.

the experiment was

on her forehead, but as she prepared to inject the next compounds, she found discrepancies with

Sarah, "Doctor, are you sure these compounds are correct? They're completely

made

trinkets earlier that day, things seemed off. But Queena's

too great. She beceven more cautious at

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