Ella staggered into the icy wind of Transylvania, her coat soaked from snowmelt, arms wrapped around Elara's trembling body.
Behind her, the narrow escape from the train station left chaos—scattered luggage, panicked civilians, a bloodied agent whose last words were:"They're already inside the facility."
She glanced down at the rusted gate before them.
E-RÉVEIL.
A name that sounded like resurrection.
A place where the dead—or the forgotten—might still speak.
Every step felt like walking deeper into Leon's mind.
This wasn't just a lab.
This was a tomb built to bury truths so dangerous, even he hadn't dared to bring her here while he lived.
But now he was gone.
And she was out of time.
If there were answers, they lived in this godforsaken valley—in the shadows of her daughter's bloodline.
She wasn't just running anymore.
She was hunting.
For justice.For truth.And maybe, deep down…for him.
The facility was carved into the side of a mountain like a secret scar on the earth—an old Cold War bunker retrofitted into a sleek, sterile maze of guilt.
As they descended deeper, lights flickered, casting ghostly reflections on metallic walls.
Ella's footsteps echoed like memories.
Elara clung to her side like a silent question mark.
Then, they reached the core.
The biometric scanner.
It shouldn't have opened.
But it did.
With a soft beep and a blinking green light.
Elara looked up, eyes wide."Mommy… why did it let us in?"
Ella's voice cracked."Because someone expected us."
The door slid open.
Inside—
Holograms. Dozens of them.
Recordings.
And one flickered to life on its own.
Leon's face.
Younger. Harder.
But still him.
"Ella," the recording said.
If you're seeing this, I'm gone.
But if you're seeing this…I was right. They came for her.
And now you have to finish what I started.
The screen switched.
File after file.
Images of Elara. In utero. Monitored. Tagged. Labeled as "Subject 01."
Audio logs.
"The child displays memory flashes of events she couldn't possibly have seen…""Is time-bonded consciousness heritable?""Project E is not about cloning. It's about reset."
Ella's breath caught.
On the final screen—
A blinking location:"Archive Room – Level Z."
And beneath it—
"Subject 00: Leon Hart – Unstable Prototype."