Berlin, Germany – Project Evolution Facility Forty Minutes Before the Counterstrike
Leon's hands shook as he entered the final security code.
The server room was cold, sterile, and empty. Everyone else had evacuated when the alarms started blaring. They didn't know the breach was coming from inside.
They didn't know the dying man they'd dismissed as a low-level technician was Leon Hart.
Three months he'd been here. Three months of pretending to be someone else. Three months of slowly dying while copying files and documenting atrocities.
Elena stood guard at the door, her face pale with fear.
"Upload is at ninety-two percent. How much time do we have?"
"Not enough." Leon's voice was barely a whisper. The genetic condition that had been killing him for years was finally winning. "Secu
