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No Plagiarism!NqDg99hevFoI5J46sia6posted on PENANA The road to Thal wasn’t really a road at all.8964 copyright protection68PENANA9GNZKHw35K 維尼
It was dust, grit, and silence. A long, winding trail across a wasteland where even the wind refused to whisper. The Jeep groaned beneath them, tires skidding across loose soil, engine fighting the heat like a dying animal.8964 copyright protection68PENANAESdFianOgY 維尼
Alishba sat in the passenger seat, scarf pulled tight around her face. Her eyes stayed on the endless stretch of desert ahead.8964 copyright protection68PENANAr9U0PYtIrI 維尼
Reyan drove without speaking.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVd2mv0IWT5 維尼
Between them, a folded map trembled from the wind slithering through the half-broken window. The circle drawn in red — Sector 9 — grew closer with every passing kilometer.8964 copyright protection68PENANAItG0UyTXpY 維尼
She hadn't said a word since they left Lahore.8964 copyright protection68PENANAFpxHNm7zc5 維尼
Reyan didn’t ask her to.8964 copyright protection68PENANAh6aShApMsE 維尼
Because silence, in moments like this, wasn’t weakness.8964 copyright protection68PENANAbivaIIGzaI 維尼
It was armor.8964 copyright protection68PENANA6sBSQ9vEbO 維尼
By noon, the desert had swallowed them whole.8964 copyright protection68PENANA0m4QCUmAUT 維尼
Nothing but dust dunes and sunburnt trees.8964 copyright protection68PENANAo4xJVEY1E3 維尼
Then — a glint in the distance.8964 copyright protection68PENANAwJNYLWXCdq 維尼
Metal.8964 copyright protection68PENANAZmkVbObMnD 維尼
Barely visible.8964 copyright protection68PENANAsQhZ2IBehs 維尼
Camouflaged beneath sand and rock.8964 copyright protection68PENANAIRPKegnurH 維尼
The Facility.8964 copyright protection68PENANAyxvBitjtAH 維尼
They parked the Jeep a hundred meters away, crouched behind dunes, binoculars in hand.8964 copyright protection68PENANAEwNNftc5V0 維尼
Alishba adjusted her camera lens.8964 copyright protection68PENANAX8rQnQNi04 維尼
One watchtower.72Please respect copyright.PENANATU1mWOYAPE
Two patrolling guards.72Please respect copyright.PENANAdrgSNKjGhh
No outer wall — but satellite panels visible on the roof.8964 copyright protection68PENANAvT3B2ouNuv 維尼
Reyan spoke softly. “It’s mobile. Packed in steel containers. They move it every seventy-two hours.”8964 copyright protection68PENANA7OjDcKi1Ir 維尼
Alishba studied the pattern of guards. “Only two on foot?”8964 copyright protection68PENANAIK99kiOCmD 維尼
“They don’t need more,” Reyan replied. “What’s inside is what matters.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAnFCvLFZKFr 維尼
She exhaled.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVksRmeR42v 維尼
And whispered the words that scared her the most.8964 copyright protection68PENANAwUigpUJpHX 維尼
“Daniyal is in there.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAKQsL9XzlNA 維尼
They waited until dusk.8964 copyright protection68PENANAHOz3AXcMMe 維尼
Under the orange light, shadows stretched longer than the walls themselves.8964 copyright protection68PENANA8Q0flHh5OH 維尼
Perfect cover.8964 copyright protection68PENANABhFIJo5564 維尼
Reyan disarmed one guard. Silently. Precisely.8964 copyright protection68PENANAm8JGCbnQR2 維尼
Alishba moved like a phantom, staying close, knees skimming dust.8964 copyright protection68PENANAbnm1QqCh6L 維尼
They entered through the eastern bay — a broken panel Reyan had spotted through his scope.8964 copyright protection68PENANA1Th70mNPI4 維尼
Inside: silence.8964 copyright protection68PENANAaNRgfflqrN 維尼
Rows of containers. Each marked UNTRACEABLE.8964 copyright protection68PENANAIb55UzaoDf 維尼
A hallway led underground — narrow, suffocating, painted with military gray.8964 copyright protection68PENANAfz5BDzYpSv 維尼
Reyan paused at a fork.8964 copyright protection68PENANARh8uUdj8i4 維尼
Then nodded left.8964 copyright protection68PENANA6eSSM3yhkf 維尼
He remembered this layout.8964 copyright protection68PENANA1PhmHva26a 維尼
It was the same model used in Base-17.8964 copyright protection68PENANARvm4tuhgaz 維尼
And it was there that he’d once left Daniyal behind.8964 copyright protection68PENANAcVkT2GT5gP 維尼
The door was unmarked. No guards.8964 copyright protection68PENANAvu7wjdCvSF 維尼
Just a steel knob and a sensor pad.8964 copyright protection68PENANACV7xjVOb7D 維尼
Reyan pulled a chip from his belt — one Zahra had given him. Swiped it.8964 copyright protection68PENANAGrvJ3RTz4w 維尼
The door clicked.8964 copyright protection68PENANA1dcBYQkd0Z 維尼
Opened.8964 copyright protection68PENANAWJWiMlWe3c 維尼
Alishba stepped in first.8964 copyright protection68PENANAZbdheXMiJM 維尼
The room smelled of antiseptic and electricity.8964 copyright protection68PENANAsEpG4lQvFn 維尼
A single chair sat in the middle.8964 copyright protection68PENANALyuAZjlBJe 維尼
Metal.8964 copyright protection68PENANA64aEHSP7SE 維尼
Strapped.8964 copyright protection68PENANAgt5NWC1gyu 維尼
Blood dried on the arms.8964 copyright protection68PENANAxHMSk5koBM 維尼
And on the floor — a chain of symbols written in black marker.8964 copyright protection68PENANA3lui3yExhV 維尼
Reyan crouched.8964 copyright protection68PENANAgg2Vokoj4s 維尼
“Coordinates.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAokWOsngOkG 維尼
Alishba looked around. “Where is he?”8964 copyright protection68PENANArR8lVWNlGs 維尼
Then—8964 copyright protection68PENANAtsEdzQhUGZ 維尼
A sound.8964 copyright protection68PENANAqb8ZuV9R0N 維尼
From the vent.8964 copyright protection68PENANAN7VywRbTgk 維尼
Low. Ragged breathing.8964 copyright protection68PENANAwzbjCBNT8v 維尼
She rushed to it.8964 copyright protection68PENANASMnL4FHovg 維尼
Opened the panel.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVjgPY5xEcX 維尼
Inside, curled and shaking, half-conscious and half-mad—8964 copyright protection68PENANAzVAxvQzr5I 維尼
Daniyal.8964 copyright protection68PENANA0HKKqDDivV 維尼
She didn’t speak at first.8964 copyright protection68PENANAAyVzibymNW 維尼
Just stared.8964 copyright protection68PENANAfk81gx90l1 維尼
Because he wasn’t the boy from her photos.8964 copyright protection68PENANAWq1V9abH6C 維尼
He wasn’t even the man from her memories.8964 copyright protection68PENANAKA45mrVqnc 維尼
He was thinner. Eyes sunken. Beard grown. Arms trembling like wires about to snap.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVnXYLayKqJ 維尼
But he still had that look.8964 copyright protection68PENANA4YUt55rHNp 維尼
The one that always said: Don’t cry for me. Win for me.8964 copyright protection68PENANA7fL5SiLSf9 維尼
And she didn’t cry.8964 copyright protection68PENANA15AhjB6ULu 維尼
She reached in. Grabbed his arms. Pulled him out.8964 copyright protection68PENANAJw3Zh6hUu5 維尼
He collapsed into her lap, coughing, eyes fluttering open.8964 copyright protection68PENANA4y1KtzJVVU 維尼
“Mouse,” he rasped.8964 copyright protection68PENANAHcGPo2bDai 維尼
She froze.8964 copyright protection68PENANA57TpK4T19d 維尼
He remembered her nickname.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVpAEXKpTOI 維尼
Alishba swallowed.8964 copyright protection68PENANAWF0IdrlPyb 維尼
“I found you.”8964 copyright protection68PENANADeTf971DHj 維尼
He gave a weak smile.8964 copyright protection68PENANA3YOVfmEawG 維尼
“No… I left clues… so you’d stop.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAq9FVdMgnVe 維尼
She shook her head, tears threatening.8964 copyright protection68PENANA0DDNiKLgky 維尼
“I didn’t come this far to stop.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAuUNOMpTdsL 維尼
His hand reached for her camera.8964 copyright protection68PENANA42D1DbPEss 維尼
Still strapped around her neck.8964 copyright protection68PENANAbMR67JeIOr 維尼
His fingers brushed the lens, cracked slightly at the edge.8964 copyright protection68PENANAaTOg4czDSB 維尼
“You’re still shooting the truth…”8964 copyright protection68PENANA6QgpFGzMUZ 維尼
She nodded.8964 copyright protection68PENANAas2ZcqvpVR 維尼
“And I’m still bleeding for it.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAQNhlLjzRWL 維尼
Reyan stood watch as Alishba gave him water.8964 copyright protection68PENANAt0yenmZLIv 維尼
Daniyal’s voice came slow, broken.8964 copyright protection68PENANAgKja5TlQzs 維尼
“They turned me into something. Then tried to erase me when I started remembering. Zahra helped me plant the letter.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAmdsoqIXGLd 維尼
Reyan stepped forward. “We need to leave. Now. Extraction window is closing.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAtVhVNgGmts 維尼
Daniyal tried to rise.8964 copyright protection68PENANAcfjd12LktC 維尼
Failed.8964 copyright protection68PENANAuFlCORSasL 維尼
Reyan grabbed his arm and slung him over his shoulder.8964 copyright protection68PENANA3T44AoNM6G 維尼
But before they could move—8964 copyright protection68PENANAydG0frGaYQ 維尼
An alarm.8964 copyright protection68PENANARY9YDeZplb 維尼
Red lights flashed.8964 copyright protection68PENANAX8n9HGzUzP 維尼
Footsteps thundered.8964 copyright protection68PENANAXvUuadxYMn 維尼
They’d been spotted.8964 copyright protection68PENANAolfjG9O25M 維尼
Reyan led them through the back corridor, bullets echoing in distant halls. Alishba kept her brother steady, camera banging against her chest with every step.8964 copyright protection68PENANAnoTUeFPVQF 維尼
Then — the blast.8964 copyright protection68PENANAVqU9Te0PgG 維尼
A wall behind them exploded.8964 copyright protection68PENANAHOOJzHaycO 維尼
Dust. Fire.8964 copyright protection68PENANAbKtmOBUlyP 維尼
A shot grazed Reyan’s shoulder. He winced but didn’t slow.8964 copyright protection68PENANAJTHTsHyg45 維尼
He tossed Daniyal into the back of the Jeep, started the engine with blood-slick hands.8964 copyright protection68PENANAgzpwS9GpDB 維尼
Alishba climbed in, ducking.8964 copyright protection68PENANAvgcfIIuZle 維尼
They sped through the desert like mad ghosts, tires slicing sand.8964 copyright protection68PENANAJ8nTvsTvBm 維尼
Behind them — the facility went dark.8964 copyright protection68PENANArpODny89lO 維尼
No one followed.8964 copyright protection68PENANAv0vmpZXyQ3 維尼
Because by the time the dust cleared… they were already gone.8964 copyright protection68PENANADgZQtzD5ju 維尼
That night, they reached the edge of the Cholistan border.8964 copyright protection68PENANAsrAxqiQiOt 維尼
Reyan’s contact met them in a shuttered bus terminal.8964 copyright protection68PENANADpCbi9G57C 維尼
Daniyal was half-unconscious but alive.8964 copyright protection68PENANABeudb6DXLi 維尼
Alishba sat beside him, hand gripping his.8964 copyright protection68PENANAciswh7O3LG 維尼
He opened his eyes.8964 copyright protection68PENANAq6oidXW8IE 維尼
Whispered, “You shouldn’t have come.”8964 copyright protection68PENANArHrVZvW7Tp 維尼
She smiled bitterly.8964 copyright protection68PENANAMFV3fmdRn9 維尼
“And let the story end without me?”8964 copyright protection68PENANAblCjT998W1 維尼
He coughed a laugh.8964 copyright protection68PENANAgVKDZibWSJ 維尼
“You always were dramatic.”8964 copyright protection68PENANAM8ZfftBZ46 維尼
Reyan approached.8964 copyright protection68PENANAE0RzWfg1MF 維尼
“We’ll keep moving. They’ll follow us.”8964 copyright protection68PENANA2R48wbz8r2 維尼
Daniyal nodded. “There’s more… buried in me. Files. Codes. Things they don’t want you to find.”8964 copyright protection68PENANA9zKBZaPoX1 維尼
Alishba looked up.8964 copyright protection68PENANAho9NHiEjVP 維尼
“You’ll tell us everything?”8964 copyright protection68PENANAywBPtBmhBS 維尼
He met her eyes.8964 copyright protection68PENANAQAZTfu9pdb 維尼
And said something she didn’t expect.8964 copyright protection68PENANAN99HYeXwJ3 維尼
“No. I’ll show you.”8964 copyright protection68PENANALDVXquFcLE 維尼
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