Chapter 14
The elevator descended deep into the subterranean levels beneath the Vance Biotech building.
Level B4 was not listed on any official architectural blueprints filed with the city of Boston.
When the doors slid open, cold sterile air smelling of ozone and antiseptics rushed into the car.
Dim fluorescent lights flickered along a concrete hallway lined with heavy steel security doors.
Leo clutched Evelyn's hand tightly, his small frame trembling as old memories surfaced.
"This is where they kept us," Leo whispered, pointing toward a reinforced glass observation window.
Evelyn walked up to the window, looking inside a darkened room filled with advanced medical pods.
Dozens of digital monitors displayed life signs and neural activity charts in glowing green text.
An FBI forensic technician stepped out of a side room, carrying a stack of encrypted hard drives.
"Miss Sterling, you need to see this," the technician said, gesturing for her to follow him.
They entered a central server room where holographic displays were rendering complex DNA sequences.
The technician tapped the screen, pulling up a master patient directory labeled Project Resonance.
Evelyn gasped as hundreds of active patient files flooded the digital screen in alphabetical order.
Leo was not the only child harvested for the neural bridge program.
Over fifty children across North America had been secretly bio-engineered and linked to wealthy donors.
"My father didn't just save my life," Evelyn whispered, her voice filled with profound horror.
"He created an entire underground market for human neural replacement."
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"And Julian was planning to launch this service globally next month," the technician added grimly.
Evelyn stared at the glowing screens, feeling the immense weight of justice resting on her shoulders.
