The room fell into complete silence.
Nobody moved.
Nobody breathed.
Nobody spoke.
Because the words glowing across the screen felt impossible.
SUBJECT A-01: ALIVE
Victor Black stared at the monitor.
His face had gone deathly pale.
For the first time since anyone had known him—
he looked terrified.
Not afraid.
Terrified.
"No..."
The whisper escaped his lips.
Immediately.
"That's impossible."
Aarya frowned.
Because Victor wasn't acting like a man who had discovered a secret.
He was acting like a man confronting a nightmare.
Then the Cradle pulsed again.
Silver light spread across every monitor.
And beneath the first message—
another line appeared.
LOCATION CONFIRMED
The chamber froze.
Then coordinates appeared.
Not somewhere distant.
Not another country.
Not anoth
