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."

deep down, it was his wife he

worry, professor. Doctor said the surgery will be done by

slowly closed his eyes. It had been ages since he had a good rest, and sleep eluded him now more than

to find peace. After

and it felt surreal.

in front of a pile of data when

111 in the previous

doubt, holding a syringe without injecting the

she pulled out her previous data records, "Is

Compound 112."

research base for her

as she double-checked the doctor's notes. But with evidence of alterations

if Sarah herself had made

Sarah, whose expression remained unchanged. With a forced smile, Queena conceded,

My apologies. I'll inject

and he approached with

quickly responded, "It's nothing. Just a minor

looked at Queena, her face still etched

said, "Just follow Doctor's instructions, and remember not to make

felt Bernard's gaze on her, which made her

to keep her and lan together forever. If

how important the experiment

prepared to inject the next compounds, she found discrepancies with her

face grew paler, and she whispered to Sarah, "Doctor, are you sure these compounds are correct?

I remember. Could you have made a

she brought back those trinkets earlier that day, things seemed off. But Queena's

beceven more cautious

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