-c- dark passage to another faintly lit room. Cisco looked behind him at the agents.

“I’ll go ahead first. See where this leads.”

he squeezes through the narrow passageway, hugging the wall as he made his way forward. The light on the other side grew brighter and brighter until he made his way into the room. In front of him, was a bright red door. The small room was painted yellow. The floor carpeted and stained. He used his scanner to analyze the stain on the floor

-c-

-c- “…blood? That’s concerning.”

He opened the door, finding what appeared to be a small elevator

“…Of course. A secret elevator. There’s always a secret elevator. Probably a sub lab.”

He was soon joined by the other agents, who all squeezed with Cisco into the elevator

“…Well…going down…geez. Lena’s not gonna like this…”

the elevator began its descent

As the elevator made its descent, Cisco found himself becoming slightly woozy. He shook it off and waited patiently for the doors to open. Once the elevator reached its destination, the doors opened, revealing a dark hallway.

“Alright guys. Let’s explore. Keeps your comms on. Keep us updated.”

he stumbled slightly, before moving forward, before regaining his composure. He entered one of the rooms, seeing what appeared to some sort of observation room, overlooking what appeared to be plain -c-

-c- white room. Most of the computers in the room seemed fried, except one. He sat in front of it and began accessing the files

“…it’s a bunch of corrupted audio files…”

Cisco hit play on the audio, playing back distorted voices from the speakers

-c-

-c- DR. H <Do…remember being born?>
C <…remember…rotting…skin peels off…>

Cisco felt a chill down his spine as he continued to listen to the audio. He looked at the other agents, who have equally uncomfortable looks on their faces

DR. H <…Forgive…fix you…>
C <…Hell…>

The first audio file ends. He sits there a moment, taking in what he heard. Despite the distortion, he recognized one of the voices.

-c-

“…Whatever any of this is? I don’t think it’s going to get any less…horrible. If any of you need a moment, take it.”

Cisco heard a voice coming down from the hallway

‘Director Ramon! You…might want to see this…’

Cisco rushed to the ARGUS agent, heading to the room he was in. As Cisco started into the room, his blood ran cold. He saw a large machine connected to two human sized pods. One of them was wide open, while the other was still shut. Inside the sealed pod was a human body…with a bullet hole going through her head

“…Oh…god…”

Cisco rushed to the nearest computer and turned it on, hoping he’d find answers.

He found several files, each detailing the progress of several “synthetic humanoids”,-c-

-c- …as well as their ‘termination date’, ‘correction date’, and ‘reupload date’…there were numerous.

……the latest date. It wasn’t too long ago. And it matches up to…

“…Oh…Oh shit…”

Cisco takes out his phone, only to realize there was no signal. He sighs, slowly going through more files. He didn’t want to believe what he was seeing. He clicked one of the video files and it showed security footage of a girl with a horrified expression on her face. The girl ran through -c-

-c- the house, making her way to her bedroom. She climbed out the window and made her way to the roof of her house. She slipped and fell, falling onto the fence below.

<SUBJECT TERMINATED>

Cisco kept going through the files, finding more photos and videos of the same girl dying, along with the same message over and over again. The majority of the deaths were accidents. Slips, falls, choking, burning…some were darker. Some were self inflicted. -c-

-c- And the one that made Cisco turn the footage off was when an older woman walked towards the sleeping girl and smothered her

…that’s when it occurred to Cisco. The house above them wasn’t an ordinary house. It was a testing facility for /her/. It was to observe /her./

Cisco saw one file, near the beginning of the files…it was labeled [FORGIVEME].

Cisco looked at the other agents and clicked the file.

<VIDEO PLAYBACK START>

[“Hello. This is Gerald Hartwin…If you found this message, then you’ve discovered the secret project I’ve been working on for the last several years…the project to bring her back. To bring my daughter back.

…there was an accident. She…snuck into a lab. Into the testing chamber. The door was sealed shut…good lord, I tried. I tried to stop it. I tried to open it. She…”

Gerald buries his face into his hands and begins -c-

-c- weeping

“…Not again. I couldn’t lose another child again…

…she…she was…I don’t even know how to describe what she turned into. But I can still hear her screams. The cries of pain…they never stopped…I promised her that I would make her whole again. I would fix her…

…I received funding and assistance from…another party. He…claimed he had his reasons. I don’t care what those reasons were. I would stop at nothing to bring her back…
-c-

-c- …I did…horrible things. My wife and I just…

…we…eventually figured it out…we did it. We found a way to bring her back. To keep her alive, always. No matter what happens, she won’t die. Not…not forever…she’s…”

Gerald looked off to the side, tears rolling down his eyes

“…she’s alive but she’s not the same. And it’s our fault. We…nothing was good enough for us…our little girl is still in there but…that wasn’t enough…

-c-

-c-

Clementine…forgive us…

…we can’t carry on with this. Not…not like this…so I’ve made arrangements for my work to be carried on. I can’t bare it anymore…

…this video is my confession. Inside this facility, you’ll find all my atrocities…the labs run deep. Be careful. And…if you survive? Look after my Clementine…

…I am…so sorry…” ]

<VIDEO PLAYBACK CONCLUDED>

“…………”

Cisco slowly stood up, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a flash drive and began saving the files.

after saving all the information he could, he continued to make his way into the facility. He came across one final large metal door. He could faintly hear something on the other end. As Cisco went for the control panel, he lost his balance slightly

“Does…anybody else feel a little…woozy?”

@CiscoVibe A few seconds later, several bladed Xs were thrown towards the ARGUS agents, hitting them square in the chest, knocking them to the ground.

Seconds later, Red X seemingly appeared out of nowhere, landing in middle of the room. He began taking out each and every agent, very quickly knocking them each out unconscious

“Sorry, boys. I’ve been paid the big bucks to make make sure that information never gets out. Nothing personal.”

he begins to rush towards Cisco, his blades drawn

@TheRedX Cisco could barely stand on his feet as he moved his hand forward ready to send a blast of energy…but something was wrong. The blast seemed…weaker. His whole body seemed to be getting weaker the moment he stepped inside.

The blast managed to hit Red X in the chest regardless, pushing him back.

Cisco pulled out his phone and made a call, frantically whispering a message to someone

@CiscoVibe X felt the blast knock him back. He got careless in that moment. He assumed Vibe would be too weakened at this point to even fire off a blast. A bad assumption to make. He’s a professional. He should have known better.

He quickly pressed a button on his belt and teleported, reappearing in front of Cisco, blades in hand. He quickly slashed him across the chest, cutting deep into him. He then grabbed his phone and crushed it in his hand

“Nice try, super spy”

he reached into -c-

@CiscoVibe -c- Vibe’s pocket and took the flash drive

“Now fall.”

he pressed his finger to Vibe’s forehead and pushed him down to the ground