Chapter 9 - They Came for Me in the Dark—But the Ten-Year-Old Girl They Wanted Silenced Had Already Memorized Their Entire SystemI wasn't afraid.
At least not at first.
Dad taught me something.
When machines failed, panic made you miss the warning signs.
People were the same.
The attackers moved through the hallway.
Three footsteps.
Pause.
Two footsteps.
Pause.
I listened.
“Left,” I whispered.
Ethan's security team moved.
A door opened.
Someone fired.
Nobody was hurt.
The lights returned.
Two men were captured.
One escaped.
I noticed something.
A device on the floor.
I picked it up.
It had the same symbol.
The black circle.
Three silver lines.
I remembered Dad's toolbox.
Then I realized what it meant.
It wasn't a company symbol.
It was a warning.
Dad explained.
The symbol represented a group called The Meridian Group.
They had existed for decades.
They controlled companies through investments.
Politicians through donations.
Scientists through grants.
CrossTech was only one piece.
And Prometheus was their biggest project.
Ethan looked at me.
“What do we do?”
I answered,
“Break the engine.”
Everyone stared.
“Why?”
“Because if they can't use it, they can't control anyone.”
Dad smiled.
“That's my girl.”
We returned to CrossTech.
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But this time, we weren't there to fix Prometheus.
We were there to shut it down forever.
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