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Ronnie’s Dark Side EXPOSED! Nathan Tells Anna The Truth About Faison’s Final Pro
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00:11The hum of the hospital was a constant, a low-frequency frame of life, death,
00:15and the mundane administrative tasks that kept the whole precarious structure from collapsing.
00:20For Anna Devane, it had become a familiar soundtrack,
00:23a white noise that usually faded into the background of her thoughts.
00:27But today, there was no fading.
00:30Today, the hum felt like a swarm of bees trapped inside her skull,
00:33each buzz a fresh iteration of the same, gnawing anxiety that had taken root in her chest.
00:39It had been a day of loose ends and frayed nerves.
00:42A call from a contact in Interpol had yielded nothing but frustrating static about the ongoing,
00:47sprawling investigation into the remnants of Peter August's network.
00:51A conversation with Dante had been clipped, professional, and revealed a wall she couldn't scale.
00:57And through it all, the ghost of Valentin Cassidy seemed to linger in the corridors of her mind,
01:02a complication she had no emotional bandwidth to process.
01:06She was in the hospital chapel, not to pray, but for the silence.
01:09The quiet here was different from the hushed tones of the waiting rooms,
01:13it was a dense, absorbing quiet, one that seemed to swallow sound and worry alike.
01:18She sat in a pew near the back, staring at the simple, non-denominational altar,
01:22her hands clasped loosely in her lap.
01:24She was so deeply immersed in her own thoughts that the soft creak of the chapel door opening barely registered.
01:31It was the specific, hesitant footfall that followed, a tread she recognized, that pulled her back to the present.
01:37She turned her head slightly and saw Nathan West standing in the aisle.
01:42He looked, ravaged.
01:44His usually bright eyes were shadowed, the lines on his face etched deeper than she remembered.
01:48He had the air of a man who hadn't slept, who had been chased by demons across the threshold of waking and into the harsh light of day.
01:56Nathan?
01:58Anna said, her voice soft in the sacred space.
02:01Are you all right?
02:03He offered a weak, fleeting smile that didn't reach his eyes.
02:07Not really, no.
02:10I was.
02:11I was looking for you.
02:13They said you might be here.
02:15I needed a moment, Anna admitted, gesturing for him to sit.
02:20He slid into the pew beside her, the wooden bench groaning softly under his weight.
02:25He didn't speak for a long moment, his gaze fixed on the same empty space Anna had been contemplating.
02:31It's about Ronnie, he finally said, the name dropping between them like a stone.
02:36Anna felt a cold trickle of dread.
02:39Ronnie.
02:39The name was a relic from a darker chapter of her life, a chapter written in the ink of Caesar Faison's madness.
02:47Ronnie had been one of Faison's most loyal and unhinged acolytes, a man whose devotion to his masters will bordered on the fanatical.
02:54His recent, quiet activities had been a splinter in the side of the PCPD, and by extension, in Nathan's life, given his role as a detective and his personal connection to the whole sordid history.
03:04What about him?
03:07Anna asked, her voice carefully neutral.
03:10Has he been picked up?
03:12Did he finally lead you to the weapons cache you've been looking for?
03:16Nathan shook his head, a slow, weary motion.
03:20No.
03:21It's bigger than that.
03:24Bigger than a few missing guns or laundered funds.
03:26He took a deep, shuddering breath, as if stealing himself for a physical blow.
03:33Anna, what I'm about to tell you, it's going to sound insane.
03:37It sounded insane to me when I first uncovered it.
03:40But the pieces fit.
03:42They fit in a way that makes a horrible, terrifying kind of sense.
03:47He turned to look at her fully, and the raw, unvarnished fear in his eyes made Anna's blood run cold.
03:52This wasn't the professional concern of a cop on a difficult case.
03:57This was personal.
03:59This was visceral.
04:01Faison had a final project, Nathan began, his voice low and urgent.
04:06A contingency plan.
04:08We always knew he was a chess player, that he thought ten moves ahead.
04:13But this, this was his endgame.
04:15His legacy.
04:17And he entrusted it to Ronnie.
04:19Anna's mind raced, flipping through the files of her memory.
04:24Faison's schemes were always grandiose, always theatrical.
04:28Poisoning water supplies, holding cities for ransom, personal vendettas played out on a global stage.
04:35A legacy?
04:36What kind of legacy?
04:39Another virus?
04:40A new iteration of the ice princess?
04:43No, Nathan said, his voice dropping to a near whisper.
04:48It's not a what?
04:49It's a who?
04:51The chapel seemed to grow colder.
04:54The silence was no longer absorbing, it was oppressive, waiting.
04:59Faison was obsessed with you, Anna.
05:01You know that better than anyone.
05:04It was a sickness in him.
05:07A possession.
05:07He couldn't have you in life, not in any real way, so he became fixated on the idea of, continuation.
05:15On creating a bond that even death couldn't break.
05:18Anna felt a wave of nausea so powerful she had to grip the back of the pew in front of her.
05:23The memories came unbidden, Faison's voice, slick with arrogance and desire, his touch, which always felt like a violation, the chilling certainty in his eyes that she was his destiny.
05:34What are you saying, Nathan?
05:35Nathan, she whispered, her own voice trembling.
05:38He wanted a child, Nathan said, the words stark and brutal in the quiet.
05:43He wanted a son.
05:45An heir.
05:47Not just to his empire, but to his war with you.
05:51A perpetual weapon, forged from his own blood, to be aimed at your heart for the rest of your days.
05:56The world tilted.
05:58The hum of the hospital vanished, replaced by a high-pitched ringing in Anna's ears.
06:03She shook her head, a reflexive denial.
06:07That's, that's not possible.
06:09He and I, we never.
06:11I know, Nathan said quickly, his hand coming up in a placating gesture.
06:16I know that.
06:18He knew that, too.
06:20Which is why his plan was so much more monstrous.
06:24He leaned closer, his presence a solid, anxious weight beside her.
06:29He needed a surrogate.
06:31A woman he could control, who would bear this child for him.
06:35But it couldn't be just anyone.
06:37It had to be someone with a connection to you, someone whose involvement would make the entire scheme a deeper, more personal violation.
06:45He chose, he chose Alex.
06:47The name landed like a physical blow.
06:51Alex Marek.
06:53Her twin sister.
06:55Her mirror, her shadow, her greatest betrayer.
06:58The woman whose life was so tangled with her own that their identities had been swapped, stolen, and used as weapons against each other for decades.
07:07Alex?
07:08Anna breathed, the name a ghost on her lips.
07:11But, she would never.
07:13He had leverage, Nathan interjected, his story now pouring out in a torrent, as if he needed to expel it from his system.
07:20He had something on her, something from their time working together in the WSB.
07:25A mission that went wrong, a cover-up she was part of.
07:29He threatened to expose her, to destroy the fragile new life she was trying to build.
07:34And, he offered her something in return.
07:38A massive sum of money, enough to disappear forever, which is all Alex has ever really wanted.
07:43And, a promise.
07:45A promise that the child would be raised by him, that it would be powerful, that it would be a part of his legacy.
07:51For Alex, a woman who never wanted the burden of motherhood, it was a transaction.
07:57A way to buy her freedom and be rid of a problem.
08:00Anna could only stare, her mind reeling, trying to process the horrific calculus of it.
08:06Faison.
08:08Alex.
08:09A child.
08:10A business arrangement to create a living, breathing weapon.
08:15It happened about nine months before Faison died, Nathan continued, his voice grim.
08:20Alex was out of the country, off the grid.
08:23We all assumed she was on one of her hedonistic escapades or running a con.
08:28She was.
08:30But she was also pregnant.
08:32She gave birth to a boy in a private clinic in Switzerland, funded by one of Faison's shell corporations.
08:38The records were buried, the staff paid handsomely for their silence.
08:43Ronnie was there.
08:45He was Faison's witness, the keeper of the secret.
08:49The boy, Anna managed to say, her throat tight.
08:53Where is he?
08:54That's the part I'm still piecing together, Nathan admitted, running a hand through his already disheveled hair.
09:00Faison died before he could take direct custody.
09:05The plan was thrown into chaos.
09:07Ronnie, ever the loyal dog, took the infant.
09:11His orders were clear, protect the child, raise him in the shadows, prepare him.
09:16Instill in him Faison's ideology, his hatred for you, his sense of entitlement.
09:21To create the perfect instrument of revenge.
09:24The pieces were clicking into place in Anna's mind with a series of sickening, audible clicks.
09:30The final project wasn't a bomb or a virus.
09:34It was a person.
09:36A boy, now a young man, who had been raised from infancy to hate her.
09:41To see her as the enemy.
09:43To continue a war he never started.
09:46How old is he now?
09:49Anna asked, her voice hollow.
09:50He'd be in his early twenties, Nathan said.
09:55And according to the fragments of intel I've gathered, Ronnie did his job well.
10:00The boy, they call him the asset in the few communiques I intercepted, is highly trained.
10:05Martial arts, linguistics, finance, cyberwarfare.
10:10He's been groomed to be a prodigy in the art of destruction.
10:13And his entire worldview is built on a single, foundational pillar,
10:17that Anna Devane destroyed his father and robbed him of his birthright.
10:21The horror of it was so complete, so absolute, that for a moment, Anna felt numb.
10:27It was a violation on a level she had never conceived possible.
10:31Faison had reached from beyond the grave and planted a time bomb in the heart of her future.
10:36He had created a life for the sole purpose of tormenting hers.
10:39Why are you telling me this now, Nathan, she finally asked, turning to look at him,
10:45truly seeing the toll this discovery had taken on him.
10:48What happened to make you uncover this?
10:51Nathan's face crumpled, the professional detective's mask dissolving to reveal the tormented man beneath.
10:57Because I think I know who he is, Anna.
11:00I think.
11:01I think he's here.
11:04The air left Anna's lungs.
11:06Here?
11:07In Port Charles?
11:10Ronnie's been making moves, Nathan explained, his words coming faster.
11:14Small, careful ones.
11:17Money transfers, establishing new identities, making contact with old, buried assets from Faison's network.
11:24It's a mobilization.
11:26And the timing, it coincides with the arrival of someone new.
11:30Someone who has inserted himself into a position of trust, into the life of someone you care about.
11:37Who?
11:38Anna demanded, her fear sharpening into a razor's edge.
11:41Nathan hesitated, the name clearly painful for him to utter.
11:46He's been seen with Maxie.
11:49A lot.
11:51Anna's heart seized.
11:53Maxie Jones, Nathan's wife, her own dear friend.
11:57Vibrant, trusting, and fiercely loyal Maxie.
12:00What?
12:02Who has?
12:04His name is Adrian, Nathan said, the name dripping with venom.
12:08Adrian Reed.
12:09He presented himself as a freelance security consultant, a colleague of an old friend.
12:15He's charming, intelligent, good-looking.
12:19He swept into her life at the perfect moment, when she was vulnerable after that whole debacle with the fashion line and the investors.
12:26He's been her knight in shining armor, helping her with security for her new boutique, offering advice, becoming a constant presence.
12:32The manipulation was so clear, so diabolical, that Anna felt physically ill.
12:38To target Maxie.
12:41To use her warmth and her struggles as a way in.
12:44It was classic Faison, strike at the heart, target what someone loves most.
12:49You think this Adrian is Faison's son?
12:53Anna whispered, the theory forming a chilling picture.
12:55I didn't, at first, Nathan said, his jaw tight.
13:00I was just suspicious of any new man in my wife's life who seemed too good to be true.
13:05So I started digging.
13:07His background is a masterpiece of forgery, flawless, but too flawless.
13:12The digital trail is deep, but it's static.
13:16There are no childhood friends who can be verified, no school records that hold up to intense scrutiny.
13:21He just, appeared, fully formed, about six months ago.
13:26And then I found a connection.
13:28A single, encrypted payment from one of Ronnie's accounts to a shell company that was used to lease Adrian's apartment.
13:35It was a mistake.
13:37A tiny one.
13:39But it was enough.
13:41He looked at Anna, his eyes filled with a desperate, horrified certainty.
13:46He's here, Anna.
13:48Faison's final project is here.
13:50And he's not hiding in the shadows.
13:53He's walking in the sunlight, ingratiating himself with my wife, getting close to the people I love.
13:59To the people you love.
14:01He's laying the groundwork.
14:04For what?
14:05I don't know yet.
14:06But it can't be anything good.
14:09The numbness receded, replaced by a cold, sharp fury that burned away the last of her shock.
14:15Anna Devane had spent a lifetime fighting monsters.
14:17She had faced down terrorists, crime lords, and madmen.
14:23She had looked into the abyss more times than she could count.
14:26But this was different.
14:28This was a perversion of life itself.
14:31This was a ghost given flesh and blood, a hatred passed down like a family heirloom.
14:36She stood up, her movements suddenly precise, deliberate.
14:41The vulnerability was gone, replaced by the steely resolve of a seasoned agent.
14:46The chapel was no longer a refuge, it was a briefing room.
14:50Does Maxie know?
14:52Anna asked, her voice now crisp and clear.
14:55No, Nathan said, standing with her.
14:59And I can't tell her.
15:01Not yet.
15:03If I go to her with this, a theory based on intercepted payments and a gut feeling, she'll
15:07think I'm being a jealous, paranoid husband.
15:10This Adrian has done a brilliant job of winning her trust.
15:13If I push too hard, I'll just push her closer to him.
15:18I'll be the villain in his narrative.
15:21Anna nodded, her mind already racing through strategies, contingencies.
15:26You're right.
15:27We can't alert him.
15:30If he is who we think he is, he's dangerous and highly trained.
15:34A direct confrontation could force his hand, and we have no idea what his endgame is.
15:39We need proof.
15:41Irrefutable proof.
15:43What do we do?
15:45Nathan asked, the relief at sharing the burden evident in his posture.
15:50We play his game, Anna said, a grim smile touching her lips.
15:54It was the smile of the dove, the legendary WSB agent, not the troubled woman seeking solace.
16:00But we play it better.
16:03You continue as you are.
16:05Be the concerned husband, but don't overplay it.
16:09Don't give him a reason to suspect you're onto him.
16:12Gather every scrap of evidence you can.
16:16Financials, communications, anything.
16:19Use all your resources at the PCPD, but do it quietly.
16:23Off the books.
16:24And you?
16:27Nathan asked.
16:29I'll go deeper into the past, Anna said, her gaze turning inward.
16:33I have contacts, old files from my time-hunting Faison.
16:36There must be something about this, a hint, a clue we missed.
16:41I'll reach out to people in the old network, see if anyone is willing to talk.
16:46And I'll watch him.
16:48I'll become his shadow.
16:50He thinks he's the hunter, stalking my world.
16:53He doesn't realize that the prey he's been programmed to destroy is also one of the most skilled hunters he will ever meet.
16:59She placed a hand on Nathan's arm, her touch firm and reassuring.
17:05We will stop this, Nathan.
17:07We will not let Faison's poison infect another generation.
17:12That boy, he may have Faison's blood, but he is a victim in this as much as anyone.
17:17He was robbed of his own life, his own choices, and twisted into a weapon.
17:21If there's a chance to save him from that programming, we have to try.
17:26But our first priority is to protect the people we love.
17:30Maxie.
17:31Your family.
17:33This city.
17:35Nathan nodded, some of the hopelessness in his eyes receding, replaced by a shared purpose.
17:41Thank you, Anna.
17:43For believing me.
17:45For not thinking I was crazy.
17:46The world of espionage and crime we live in, Nathan, Anna said with a weary sigh,
17:52has taught me that the line between crazy and the truth is often vanishing within.
17:56This, this feels like the truth.
17:59A terrible, devastating truth.
18:02They walked out of the chapel together,
18:04stepping from the absorbing quiet back into the relentless hum of the hospital.
18:08But the hum was different now.
18:10It was no longer a sound of anxiety,
18:13it was the sound of a machine gearing up for a war.
18:15The corridors were no longer just hallways,
18:19they were a potential battlefield.
18:21Every face they passed was a potential enemy,
18:23every friendly smile a potential mask.
18:26As they parted ways at the elevator,
18:28Nathan to return to the PCPD and begin his quiet investigation,
18:32Anna to descend into the ghosts of her past,
18:34a final, chilling thought occurred to her.
18:37Nathan, she said, stopping him just as the elevator doors slid open.
18:41This final project.
18:44If he's been groomed his whole life to be the perfect weapon against me,
18:47what is his objective?
18:49Simple revenge?
18:51To kill me?
18:53Nathan turned, his face grim.
18:56I don't think so.
18:58Faison never wanted you dead, Anna.
19:01He wanted to possess you.
19:03To own you.
19:05To break you.
19:07I think his son's objective is far worse.
19:10I think he's here to destroy everything you hold dear,
19:13to isolate you, to torment you,
19:15and to ultimately force you to submit to the memory of his father.
19:18To make you acknowledge, in the end,
19:21that you were always Faison's.
19:23This isn't an assassination.
19:26It's a conquest.
19:27The elevator doors closed,
19:30leaving Anna alone in the bustling hallway.
19:32The revelation settled over her,
19:34not as a shock, but as a confirmed dread.
19:37Nathan was right.
19:39This was Faison's style.
19:42Grand, dramatic, and deeply personal.
19:45She walked through the automatic doors
19:47and out into the Port Charles afternoon.
19:50The sun was shining,
19:51people were going about their business,
19:53laughing, arguing, living.
19:56But Anna saw it all through a new, fractured lens.
19:59A young man was out there,
20:01a phantom woven from her oldest enemy's hatred
20:03and her own sister's betrayal.
20:05He was a living ghost,
20:07a walking wound from her past,
20:08and he was here to finish a war
20:10she had thought was over long ago.
20:12The game had changed.
20:14The board was reset.
20:17And as Anna Devane walked into the sunlight,
20:19her eyes scanning the crowd with a new,
20:21calculating intensity,
20:22she knew one thing for certain,
20:23the most dangerous battle of her life had just begun,
20:26and the enemy was wearing a face she did not yet know.
20:29Nathan sat in the dimly lit interrogation room,
20:32the air thick with tension and regret.
20:34The shadows stretched long against the cold walls,
20:37the ticking of the clock echoing like a countdown to a truth
20:40he no longer could keep buried.
20:42Anna Devane stood on the other side of the table,
20:44her sharp eyes studying him with that familiar mix of concern and suspicion.
20:48She had seen that look before,
20:50the one people wore when they were holding on
20:52to something too painful to share.
20:55Nathan, she said softly,
20:57her British accent cutting through the silence.
20:59You asked to see me alone.
21:02What is this about?
21:04Nathan took a deep breath,
21:06his fingers drumming against the metal surface,
21:08the sound trembling with unease.
21:10It's about my father,
21:12he finally admitted.
21:14Anna stiffened.
21:15Faison, she asked,
21:17her voice tightening as she took a cautious step closer.
21:21Nathan nodded,
21:22his gaze falling to the floor.
21:24Yeah, about him.
21:26And something he left behind.
21:29Something you need to know.
21:31Anna folded her arms,
21:33her eyes narrowing.
21:35If this is about another one of Faison's obsessions,
21:37I've heard enough to last a lifetime.
21:40Nathan shook his head,
21:41emotion trembling in his voice.
21:43No, Anna.
21:46It's worse than that.
21:48It's something he was working on before he died,
21:50a project no one was supposed to know about.
21:53He called it his final masterpiece.
21:56Anna's expression darkened,
21:58and she slowly sat down across from him.
22:01Final masterpiece?
22:03What was it?
22:04Nathan looked up,
22:06his blue eyes haunted.
22:07He was experimenting with genetic mapping,
22:10using DNA to recreate people,
22:12or at least their identities.
22:14It wasn't just science fiction to him, Anna.
22:17It was real.
22:19Anna blinked,
22:20her mind racing.
22:22You're saying he was trying to clone someone?
22:25Nathan shook his head.
22:27Not exactly.
22:29He wasn't trying to make copies.
22:32He wanted to reconstruct minds,
22:34personalities,
22:35memories,
22:36instincts.
22:36He thought he could resurrect the parts of people he admired,
22:40or hated,
22:41and put them into others.
22:42He called it project resurrection.
22:46Anna's breath caught in her throat.
22:48She leaned forward,
22:49disbelief flickering through her eyes.
22:52That sounds insane,
22:53even for him.
22:55Are you sure?
22:57Nathan's voice cracked slightly.
22:59I've seen the files.
23:02The research logs.
23:04He had scientists from overseas working under fake names,
23:07using hidden labs.
23:09He was obsessed with creating something,
23:11or someone,
23:12that could carry his legacy,
23:13even if he was gone.
23:15Anna's face hardened.
23:17And who was he trying to resurrect?
23:20Nathan hesitated,
23:21his jaw tightening as if he feared saying the words out loud.
23:25Me,
23:25he said finally.
23:27Anna's eyes widened.
23:29What?
23:31Nathan exhaled shakily.
23:33He knew I was his son.
23:36I didn't want to believe it,
23:37but he found out years ago.
23:39He saw me as his chance to correct his own failures.
23:43He wanted me to become him,
23:45literally.
23:46He collected my DNA,
23:48my medical history,
23:49even recordings of my voice and behavioral data.
23:52He was mapping me.
23:53His plan was to fuse his own memories with mine,
23:57to make sure that a version of him lived on inside me.
24:00Anna shook her head, horrified.
24:03That's monstrous.
24:05That's not love, Nathan.
24:07That's possession.
24:09Nathan's fists clenched.
24:11I know.
24:13I didn't understand it at first.
24:16I thought it was just another one of his manipulations,
24:19but after he died,
24:20I started getting messages,
24:22encrypted,
24:22coded in ways only he would use.
24:25Files sent to my old police accounts.
24:28They contained fragments of his research,
24:30blueprints,
24:31psychological profiles.
24:33And one of them was labeled final phase,
24:36activation.
24:37Anna leaned back,
24:38processing the words.
24:40Activation?
24:42What does that mean?
24:44Nathan looked tormented.
24:46It means he had already planted something.
24:50Some part of the project wasn't finished when he died.
24:53But someone else is finishing it.
24:56Anna's pulse quickened.
24:58Someone else?
25:00Nathan nodded grimly.
25:02A woman.
25:04She's calling herself Ingrid Hellstrom.
25:07She was one of his researchers.
25:10She disappeared years ago after he faked her death in a lab explosion.
25:14But she's alive, and she's in Port Charles.
25:17Anna rose to her feet,
25:19her instincts kicking into high gear.
25:22Where is she now?
25:24Nathan hesitated.
25:26She's been following me, Anna.
25:28Leaving clues, reminders of him.
25:30I think she's trying to trigger something in me.
25:34Anna frowned.
25:36Trigger?
25:38Nathan's eyes darkened.
25:40I think she's trying to finish what Faison started.
25:43The room grew silent again.
25:46Anna's mind raced through every dark memory she had of Faison,
25:49the manipulation, the obsession, the psychological warfare.
25:53Nathan, listen to me, she said firmly.
25:57You're not your father.
25:59Whatever he did, whatever he tried to build, it doesn't define you.
26:04Nathan's voice dropped to a whisper.
26:06That's what I keep telling myself.
26:09But lately,
26:10I've been having dreams.
26:13Strange ones.
26:15Memories that don't belong to me.
26:18I see faces I shouldn't recognize, places I've never been.
26:22And in those dreams, I'm not me, Anna.
26:25I'm him.
26:27Anna froze, her heart pounding.
26:30That's not possible.
26:32Nathan looked desperate.
26:34Then explain why I can remember conversations between you and Faison that I wasn't even alive for.
26:40Explain why I know how he died, down to the last word he spoke.
26:44He's in my head, Anna.
26:47Anna pressed her hands against the table, grounding herself as she studied him.
26:52Could it be post-traumatic stress?
26:54Or suggestion?
26:56Maybe he conditioned you somehow.
26:59Nathan shook his head.
27:01No.
27:02This is deeper.
27:05I had a scan done last month after I collapsed at the precinct.
27:09They found neural anomalies, tiny implants near my hippocampus.
27:13Synthetic fibers.
27:15Not from birth.
27:17They were inserted.
27:20Anna's face went pale.
27:22Implants?
27:23You mean he, he put them in me, Nathan finished bitterly.
27:27Before I ever joined the force.
27:30I think he used them to upload fragments of his own consciousness into my brain.
27:35Anna's hand trembled slightly as she reached for him.
27:38Nathan, if this is true, we need to act fast.
27:42He could be, influencing you.
27:45Nathan's expression turned haunted.
27:48He already is.
27:50For a moment, neither spoke.
27:53The weight of the revelation hung heavy between them.
27:56Anna's mind flashed back to Faison's final moments, his cold smirk, his unshakable confidence
28:01even as he faced death.
28:03It was as if he had known he wouldn't truly die.
28:06You said Ingrid Hellstrom is here, Anna said finally, regaining control.
28:11Where?
28:13Nathan exhaled.
28:14I traced her last signal to a warehouse outside the docks.
28:19She's been using it as a lab.
28:21And I think she's working with someone else, someone with WSB access.
28:26Anna's eyes hardened.
28:28You think there's a mole?
28:30Nathan nodded.
28:32Yes.
28:34Someone who's been feeding her classified files, the ones that reference Project Resurrection.
28:39Anna clenched her jaw.
28:41Then we go there.
28:43Together.
28:45Hours later, the two moved through the shadows of the abandoned warehouse, their flashlights
28:49cutting through the dust.
28:51Old lab equipment was scattered across the floor, tubes, wires, and cracked computer monitors.
28:58Anna crouched beside a control panel, brushing away the debris.
29:02He was here, she muttered.
29:04Nathan approached a large metallic chamber in the corner, its surface marked with symbols.
29:10This looks like a containment unit, he said.
29:13But for what?
29:15Anna stepped closer.
29:17Or for who?
29:19Suddenly, a sound echoed from the upper floor, a soft metallic clang.
29:24Nathan drew his weapon.
29:26We're not alone.
29:28Anna signaled for silence as they advanced up the stairs, their movements in perfect sync.
29:33They reached a corridor lined with glass rooms, each filled with data screens and strange devices.
29:39At the end stood a figure in a white lab coat, Ingrid Hellstrom.
29:43Nathan, she said with a chilling smile.
29:46You finally came home.
29:49Nathan tightened his grip on his gun.
29:52Home?
29:53You mean this hellhole?
29:55Ingrid tilted her head.
29:57You don't understand yet, but you will.
30:01Your father created you to continue his work.
30:04It's already in you.
30:06Anna stepped forward, her voice sharp.
30:09Whatever you're doing ends now.
30:12You're under arrest.
30:14Ingrid's smile deepened.
30:16Oh, Agent Devane.
30:18Still the eternal protector.
30:21But you can't arrest a ghost.
30:23She tapped a button on her tablet, and the screens behind her flickered to life, images of Faison, his voice echoing from the speakers.
30:31If you're hearing this, then my work lives on.
30:35My legacy cannot die, because I cannot die.
30:39Nathan's face twisted in anguish.
30:40Shut it off, he shouted.
30:44Ingrid ignored him, her voice trembling with reverence.
30:48He lives through you, Nathan.
30:50Through the code embedded in your mind.
30:53Anna lunged forward, knocking the tablet from Ingrid's hand, but not before the chamber below began to hum.
30:58Nathan turned toward the sound, dread flooding his veins.
31:03The containment unit was powering up.
31:06He's coming back, Ingrid whispered.
31:09Through the network, through the data.
31:12His consciousness is transferring.
31:15Anna rushed to the control panel, frantically typing commands.
31:19Not if I can stop it.
31:22Nathan ran to her side, helping to disconnect the power feeds.
31:25But as they worked, Nathan suddenly froze, his body stiffening, his eyes clouding over.
31:32Nathan?
31:33Anna called, alarm rising in her voice.
31:36His lips parted, but when he spoke, it wasn't his voice.
31:41Anna, the word slithered from his throat, heavy with familiarity and menace.
31:45Anna's heart dropped.
31:47No, no, it can't be.
31:50Nathan's expression twisted into a smirk, a smirk she had seen countless times before.
31:56Did you really think you could destroy me, my love?
31:59Anna's world tilted as she realized the horrifying truth.
32:02Faison's consciousness was taking control.
32:05Fight it, Nathan, she shouted.
32:08He's not you.
32:10Nathan's voice wavered, his body trembling as he struggled.
32:14Anna, help me.
32:16For a brief second, his eyes flickered with his own warmth, but then Faison's voice returned, cruel and mocking.
32:23You can't save him.
32:25He's my creation.
32:27My blood.
32:29My vessel.
32:30Anna raised her gun, tears streaming down her face.
32:34If I have to stop you again, I will.
32:37Faison laughed through Nathan's mouth.
32:40You always were sentimental.
32:43But Nathan, gathering the last of his strength, pushed back.
32:46No.
32:48You don't get to win.
32:50His body convulsed as he fought the invading presence, sparks erupting from the implants in his head.
32:56Anna lunged forward, using her WSB training to activate an emergency pulse disruptor, jamming the transmission.
33:04Nathan collapsed, unconscious.
33:05The humming of the machine stopped, and the warehouse fell silent again.
33:11Anna knelt beside him, her hands shaking as she checked his pulse.
33:15He was alive, but barely.
33:17As paramedics later carried him away, she stood at the doorway, staring back at the flickering screens.
33:24One of them still glowed faintly, showing Faison's image frozen mid-smile, as if mocking her from beyond the grave.
33:30Later at GH, Nathan slowly woke in a hospital bed, Anna sitting beside him.
33:36You're safe, she said softly.
33:38The implants were neutralized.
33:41We stopped him.
33:43Nathan turned his head, pain flickering in his eyes.
33:47Are you sure?
33:49Anna hesitated, then forced a small nod.
33:52Yes.
33:53He's gone.
33:54But as she rose to leave, the heart monitor flickered irregularly for just a moment, beeping in a pattern that almost sounded like a laugh.
34:03Anna froze in the doorway, her stomach twisting.
34:06Maybe Faison was truly gone.
34:09Or maybe, just maybe, part of him still lived on, waiting for the perfect moment to wake again.
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