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 cared

said the surgery will be done by

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

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

and it felt surreal.

the room, Sarah stood in front of a pile of data

111 in the previous

with doubt, holding a syringe without injecting the substance into

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

Compound 112."

as a prodigy within the research base for her photographic memory, seldom made

But with evidence of alterations

sure if Sarah herself had

unchanged.

My apologies. I'll inject Compound 112

Lingery's attention, and he approached

quickly responded, "It's nothing. Just a minor error in the data sequence

at Queena, her face still etched with confusion, while Sarah appeared calm and

then said, "Just follow Doctor's instructions, and remember

gaze on her, which made her

forever. If she disrupted Sarah's experiment,

how important the experiment was to

but as she prepared to inject the next compounds, she found discrepancies

to Sarah, "Doctor, are you sure these compounds are

you have made a mistake, or do

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

him too great. She beceven more cautious at

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