Dispatch; Pheonix Program

Erin Connors is twenty-three years old and officially dead.

Once The Ghoul, a shadow villain of the Red Ring, Erin fakes her death to escape a life of violence, control, and survival at any cost. Free from the system that forged her, she disappears into the cracks of the city - only to find something she never expected: choice.

For the first time, Erin fights not because she is ordered to, but because she wants to. Justice becomes something she gives, not something ignores. Recruited into the Phoenix Program, Erin steps into a fragile new role as a reformed hero walking the line between redemption and relapse.

But change is never simple, and reinvention is not the same as healing.

As Erin struggles to outrun her past, the truth refuses to stay buried. Old trauma, buried rage, and the shadows that answer her call all threaten to pull her back into darkness. At the same time, new connections begin to form: Invisigal, a peer who sees Erin as a rival and threat; Blonde Blazer, a mentor who watches her with hope and caution; and Robert, a quiet neighbor whose presence begins to feel dangerously familiar.

To become something more than what she was, Erin must face the truth she's been avoiding - not just about her past, but herself.

Can a monster choose to be a hero?
Or does the darkness always demand its due?

⚠️MDNI, 18+, grotesque imagery, trauma, sexual themes
Credits to the game Dispatch

Heyyyy so listen, I haven't been here in a while. Life got weird. Heads-up there's sum added in lore and some side characters but it fleshes out the plot later. I hope you guys like this but I respect it if it's not for you. I really like this story regardless, and I want to share it with Wattpad. It's been a long time so please bare with me if the writing is subpar!