Aurora Jin slipped through the service corridor's steel door, Selene's encrypted tunnel map glowing on her tablet. Her pulse hammered; every footstep echoed like a warning. Beyond this door lay the off‑site “enhancer" lab—a covert facility funded by Darian Reid to accelerate the catalyst's potency, at the cost of human lives. A single keypad blocked her path. Aurora exhaled and tapped the override code Selene had smuggled in. The lock clicked. She pushed inside. The lab was cavernous: rows of stainless‑steel tables, each cluttered with vials, centrifuges, and half‑assembled robotic injectors. At the far end, a wall‑sized screen displayed real‑time data: graphs, charts, and patient IDs marked with ominous red crosses. Selene followed, nerves taut. “This is it," she whispered. Aurora app

