The room was silent.
Not the silence of peace but the kind that screamed louder than noise.
Jayden dropped to his knees, hands clutching his head as if trying to keep his mind from splintering apart. His brother's words echoed again and again in his skull like a pulse from a ghost reborn for vengeance:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJZxYi0gfR
"Jayden... you put me here."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogKIqskSoq
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlI1g3Rms2
For seven years, Jayden had believed Elliot took his own life under mysterious military circumstances. But now, this wasn't the face of a dead man it was the face of someone betrayed, imprisoned, broken... and left to rot in darkness.
And the betrayer? No longer a rumor whispered by others, but a truth screamed in blood.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvjMYb3wP3
Ezra's eyes darted across the makeshift device in his hands, tapping into the facility's hidden server lines. But when he tried to access the video files related to Jayden, the screen flashed a warning:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPV8hz1OHh
> Encrypted by The Eye.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXLBmIetPu
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdCz842lvk
"Wait a second," Ezra muttered, turning to Lena. "You said you worked in trauma recon military-classified?"
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0ptXVaqxc
Lena nodded slowly, her eyes lingering on Jayden like she was seeing an echo of the man he once was.
"I was part of a research division. ELS-9. We specialized in memory suppression, emotional conditioning... and guilt containment."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcdxCfTbjx
Ezra frowned. "Guilt containment? You mean... teaching soldiers to forget what they did?"
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO0qX46bxz
"Exactly," Lena whispered. "But we never erased the memories. We just... locked them away."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfBRwHohRp
Jayden rose shakily to his feet. He could barely feel the weight of his own body anymore like every bone, every nerve was soaked in a crime he could no longer deny.
"I get it now," he murmured. "I didn't kill... I deleted."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLDZOSIzkj
Suddenly, the ceiling above opened.
From it descended a single camera and beneath it, a tripod held an old, worn machine with a blinking green light. It was a relic of tech long buried.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeIJEBBGYF
The Host's voice returned, smooth and cold as ever:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55156IdKn4
"Jayden. If you seek redemption, step into the chamber. Let us unearth what you buried."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xP8dqjvC8
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqV1InsS1A
Ezra stepped forward urgently. "This is neural mapping tech. If they scan your suppressed memories, they'll have full access to your guilt they can reshape it, control it."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ogf1i7TtV
Jayden looked at him, eyes hollow, uncertain whether justice or damnation waited.
"Maybe... they already have."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawWCx6OGAs
Without another word, he stepped forward, entering what was ominously labeled: The Confession Box.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjMeH8aMUl
Inside, there were no chains, no weapons just a chair and a mirror.
But when Jayden sat down, the mirror shifted... and his reflection began to transform into flickering fragments of the past:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgnQ6a38ga
- He and Elliot running under the golden sky as children.
- Signing the documents to finalize Elliot's "death."
- Sitting at a table with a man in a wooden mask - The Host.
- Signing his name beneath the words: "Close case. Clean memory."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEJ0RvfxHo
Outside the chamber, Lena dropped to her knees. Her hands trembled as memories of her own came rushing back. She remembered Jayden years ago. He had been one of her patients in the Mind Closure program.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBcYVcjbCp
"This isn't the first time," she whispered, horror etched across her face. "Jayden was one of the early subjects. He chose to forget... everything."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9PYZKoaJa
Rhea stepped back, stunned. "You mean... he's erased his memory more than once?"
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbLpWJuTLI
Lena met her eyes. "He's done it... many times."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5oERdyHp0
The door to the Confession Box burst open.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2HNJ7SMrc
Jayden stepped out. His face was pale, drained of all color. His eyes were no longer focused on anyone present. He spoke in a voice that didn't sound like his:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPTTMoPRDo
"Elliot never died. He became The Eye."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqioFnSrIJ
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHL3IpOMHs
The room fell still.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLOLeS3bmc
Ezra stood frozen.
Rhea instinctively took three steps back.
Lena whispered in disbelief, "No... no, that's not possible..."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1H2TeJP0pI
A red emergency light flickered on.
One of the walls creaked open and from behind it, a man emerged. Dressed in a worn military coat, his face scarred, his eyes filled with silence, and something darker...
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg1OF9VjxM
Elliot Crowe.
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgthPl8PhT
He stepped forward slowly, locking eyes with Jayden.
Then, with a voice cold as steel:
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AhRU8IVMP
"Welcome to your second truth, brother."
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSwqhDnZhj
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaT1rFI1ZH
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGCxOZal7a
Leave your comment ✉️
Vote it ⭐
Don't miss the next Part
53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNW05FrRDy
and then Add to home screen.