Elliot stood in the center of the room, his steps weighted like iron but his eyes… those eyes stared at Jayden as if he had been waiting for this moment all along.
The subtle hiss of oxygen being pumped through vents above filled the silence, making the fear in the room louder than any scream could ever be.
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“Brother,” Elliot said, his voice deep and cracked with age, pain… and something else vengeance.
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Jayden couldn’t speak. His mouth opened, but no words came out. He didn’t see a prisoner. He saw a ghost one he thought he’d buried.
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“But... you died. I saw the files. We buried”
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“We buried a body that wasn’t mine,” Elliot cut in, his voice sharp as broken glass. “I vanished in a plan you helped design, alongside The Eye. You agreed to erase your memory, Jayden, so you wouldn’t have to carry the guilt of what we did.”
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Ezra remained silent, eyes scanning Elliot’s every breath and gesture. Something larger than a torture program was unfolding.
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From the corner, Rhea whispered, “The Eye… is that the group behind all this?”
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Elliot smiled bitterly. “The Eye no longer exists. It was dismantled five years ago. But its inheritors gave birth to something worse The Silence Protocol. And Jayden… Jayden was one of the architects.”
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Jayden staggered backward. His chest rose and fell, erratic. “I don’t remember… I don’t even remember why we would create something like this.”
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Elliot’s face darkened. “Because we feared truth. We built this to bury it with silence. You made them forget. I made them disappear.”
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A heavy hush blanketed the room.
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Then, the Host’s voice returned — broken, glitched, almost as if the system itself was cracking:
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“Confession received. Stage Two: Collide and Divide.
All subjects must choose: memory… or freedom.”
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The walls hissed open, and five new doors revealed themselves. Each bore a different symbol:
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1. 🗡️ A knife — The Room of Sacrifice
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2. 🪞 A mirror — The Room of True Reflection
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3. ⏰ A clock — The Room of Time Revisited
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4. ⚖️ A scale — The Room of Judgment
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5. 🕶️ A blindfold — The Room of Truth Unseen
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Elliot turned to Jayden. “This is your design. Each path reflects your fear… your sin… your silence.”
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Ezra stepped toward the door with the clock. His eyes burned with a strange hope. “If this lets us go back even through memory maybe we can fix it.”
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Lena interjected softly. “You don’t change the past. You survive it.”
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Jayden bit back the tears. His entire being trembled beneath the weight of his own forgotten sins.
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“We buried the truth with technology,” he whispered.
“But the pain… never died.”
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One by one, they made their choices: – Ezra walked through the clock — chasing redemption.
– Lena stepped toward the scale — ready to face her judgment.
– Rhea chose the mirror — confronting the face she’d long avoided.
– Elliot disappeared behind the blindfold — perhaps to spare himself… or them.
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Jayden stood alone.
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Only the knife remained.
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He reached for the handle and glanced up toward the surveillance camera.
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“Tell me one last thing before I go in,” he said.
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The Host answered one final time:
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“Do you still believe you were the hero...
or were you simply the loudest voice in a room full of silence?”
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Jayden said nothing.
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He stepped inside.
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The door sealed behind him. Darkness fell.
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And the true reckoning began.
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🩸 To Be Continued...
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