SABOTAGE – Book One: The Ghost Protocol (C-7)
✨ Chapter 7: “Alex Remembers” --- INT. DIVISION 9 – OBSIDIAN WING Alex stood in front of the Mirror Wall—an encrypted surface that didn’t reflect your image, only your data shadow. His showed no name. No origin. Only a codename: > “ARCHIVE: GHOSTWALKER-01” He stared at it, unmoving, as files whispered across the wall. > “Unauthorized flashbacks are increasing,” said a medic behind him. “You should submit for sync correction.” Alex didn’t answer. He was already slipping into memory. --- 🔁 FLASHBACK – TEN YEARS AGO LOCATION: Mombasa Industrial Freezone – Night A younger Alex crouched beside a freight container, watching a rebel cell wire explosives beneath a black-market server bank. He was Division 9’s first field test of NeuroTrace—a memory-detection tech that let agents extract truth through proximity. He didn't ask questions. He followed protocols. Until he scanned a little girl hiding behind the crates. > “Agent 01,” his comm buzzed. “Remove the witness.” B...