Episode 19- Beneath the ground
Café District
Aleanna stepped inside.
Warm lighting. Coffee scent in the air. Low chatter from scattered tables.
She reached for her phone to text Thyron—
A hand clamped over her mouth.
Her scream died against a gloved palm.
"What—?!"
A black sleeve. A strong arm around her waist. The sharp scent of something chemical.
She kicked. Twisted. Clawing at the arm holding her, she even broke her nail extension.
The world tilted. Her vision blurred. Sound stretched thin.
The café door swung slightly.
By the time the barista glanced up—
No one at the door.
The man in a black hoodie moved quickly across the parking lot.
A white van waited with its engine running.
The back door slid open. He laid her across the rear seat.
Shut the door.
The van sped off.
Minutes later, the vehicle slowed before a tall gated compound.
Two insignias gleamed under the streetlights:
Green Garden Initiative
Hamilton Tech Industries
A guard stepped forward.
The driver presented an ID.
Agency: World Intra Organization.
The scanner beeped. The gates opened without question.
The van disappeared inside.
The hooded man carried Aleanna through a silent lobby.
No receptionist.
They entered a private elevator.
He pressed:
B10
The doors closed.
Down.
Down.
Down.
A mechanical hum filled the tight space.
When the doors opened, it was a laboratory.
Bright white lights. Stainless steel tables. Glass partitions dividing workstations. Technicians in lab gowns moving with calm efficiency, eyes fixed on tablets and monitors.
No one looked surprised. They were expecting another subject.
Three hospital beds lined the far wall.
Three girls.
Still. Breathing.
Wayne Academy uniforms folded neatly beside each bed.
Aleanna was placed gently onto a fourth.
Sensors were attached to her temples. A machine began to beep steadily.
The hooded man stepped back and bowed.
"Dr. Hamilton."
An elderly man stood at the center of the room, hands clasped behind his back, black suit beneath his lab coat.
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