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  [Aron's first person POV]

  It's been three days since we caught Bakuto aroyed a major fa of The Hand. As promised, I gave Bakuto to Emma and she gave me the information I wao know. She gave me the location of Shaw's b where my inal body was kept. She never interfered with the experiments personally, but has spies everywhere.

  Acc to those spies, Shaw and Dr. Nathaniel Essex found something while digging into an a city buried uhe iorth Pole. There they found a stasis pod with a human without a fao eyes or nose, just skin c his face. The only thing was his mouth. It was closed with a weird mask. So, those two began experimenting on that being aually mao extract his DNA and create multiple es, but all failed. So, they went back to the site and dug more. After months of digging and searg, they found another sealed pod.

  That's all the spies could find.

  Fuck! A guy without a face... That's All For One. I'm gonna kill that fucker before he regains his power.

  Oh, as for what happeo Chat. Well, the Professor mao clear her clouded mind and bring her back. But there was a catch. Chat doesn't remember anything that happened after she was kido her, it was like yesterday wheook her.

  That's a good thing, right? She won't have to deal with the dark memories and those tortures. This way, she could live a normal life again. And she could now properly learn to master her power of versing with the animals.

  As for Natasha, she promised to swing by after dealing with the remnants of Bakuto's fa. Although we took down almost all of their outposts and bases, the Shield discovered a few more bases in New York. So, she'll be busy for a couple of days.

  What am I doing right now you may ask? I'm standing before that base. No point wasting any more time. I'm gonna kill that freak of nature and Mr. Sioday if they are here. Yup! Despite promising Jean and Kitty to not take any high risk, I still came alone. I couldn't possibly put them in danger. I mean, fet Mr. Sihere's All For One, in there... There was no fug way I was gonna put my girls in danger.

  [Artic base]

  I stood on the icy cliffside overlooking the base. The cold didn't bother me; not anymore, not with the ice power. This was it. The endgame. Just one more push and I'd have my peace back, at least for a few months. I teleported ihe outer walls and hid behind a stack of crates. Maes whirred and hissed from within, and a hum of voices echoed down sterile corridors, but I kept silent, moving carefully.

  I extended my telepathic reach, probing for any guards stationed nearby. As my senses spread through the facility, I picked up on a lone guard's thoughts, mere steps away, grumbling about the frigid air as he patrolled down the hall.

  'Perfect.' I focused on his mind, impnting a subtle suggestion: Go check the ste room.

  Almost immediately, I felt his mind yield, auroward the ste room.

  I slipped in behind him, moving soundlessly as he stepped in, sing the dim space. Before he could react, I struck, a quick blow to the back of his neck. He crumpled silently onto the floor. Using Azazel's power, I took on his appearance, feeling the ge ripple through my skin as I adjusted my features, skin, and stao perfectly mirror the guard's. Then I ged into his clothes. With that done, I used my phasing power to bury that guy in the ground.

  I left the ste room and blended into the flow of workers and guards navigating the base. This pce was huge—multiple corridors lined with thick, metallic doors and high ceilings, dotted with cameras. Rows of maery whirred non-stop, and each worker was too focused oask to notice the new face among them.

  As I moved, I noticed occasional markers on doors and walls—stific symbols, hazard signs, and strangely coded identification numbers. The b must be nearby.

  I rounded a er and came te reinforced door marked with a biohazard warning. My instincts told me I was getting close. Stretg out my telepathy, I caught ss of versation from behind the door. Stists discussing "Project Genesis" and "Spe Zero" in hushed, fearful tones. Acc to their memories, Spe Zero is the faceless guy.

  Cheg the corridor for any wandering guards, I phased through the door. Ihe air was thick with chemicals, and the room reeked of sterile aic. Vials, charts, and strange equipment lihe walls. But more importantly, the monitors showed a view of the lower levels, the heart of the b. In the er, two stists versed, their voices low.

  I'm gonna need a new face if I were to go any further.

  I slinked into the shadows, fog on one of them, impnting a and to "head to ste and wait." As he moved away, the other looked puzzled but shrugged, turning back to his work. I teleported from er to er, keeping myself away from the cameras and security checkpoints. Finally, that guy ehe ste room. And just like before, I knocked him out and took his form and clothes. This one is one of the assistant doctors who has access to the main room. Mr. Sinister and All For One are in the main area.

  Bingo! After reading his memories, I buried him there like the first guard and walked out.

  Now all I gotta do is get into the main area.

  I took a steady breath, adjusting my posture and sliding into the assistant doctor's persona as naturally as slipping on a glove. With his memories in my mind, I knew his gait, his subtle mannerisms, even the way he liked to adjust his gsses whehought no one was looking. Every detail mattered. The deeper I went, the more cautious I had to be. I couldn't afford a single slip-up here, especially with All For One and Mr. Sinister waiting in the main b.

  The hallways twisted and turned, leading to a series of checkpoints before the main area. Each station was more plex and secure tha. I approached the first checkpoint, a retina ser set into the wall beside an ID verification system. Using the assistant doctor's memories, I guided his eye up to the ser, fog on a level of calm that belied the rag heartbeat beh. The light flickered, sed, and granted me access with a faint beep.

  I pushed the door open, stepping into a corridor where two guards stood oher side, armed and watchful. One of them nodded, gng at my face. "Dr. Ramsey, fot your badge again?"

  Ah! This guy always fets the sedary badge. And these guards always try to get along with the higher-ups to get some extra break or food. I forced a chuckle, mirr the assistant's rexed body nguage as best as I could. "Yeah, you know me. I swear it's just nerves from handling the test batch of 'spes.' You think I'd get used to it by now."

  The guard snorted, nodding in sympathy. "Happens to the best of us. No worries, Doctor." He swiped his own badge across a sedary panel, allowihrough.

  "Tell you what, I got a new batch of wine ing in this Sunday and I wo veterans t the crate to my office. Maybe if they do a good job, I might give them a bottle or two," I said with a nod.

  "Leave it to us," One of the guards said with a smile.

  "I'll see you on Sunday."

  I passed through a my pace steady, walking past rows of doors beled with cryptic symbols and codes that even my borrowed memories couldn't fully decipher. The sed checkpoint was just ahead, a checkpoint guarded by a more advanced ser that would require a voice firmation.

  One of the techs ahead of me was having trouble with his code, stammering as the guard looked on, impatient. I forced myself to watch, abs the guard's irritation and noting the way the tech had faltered under pressure. One wrong vocal tone, and they were immediately suspicious. So, I leaned into the memories I'd gleaned from Dr. Ramsey, finding the exact vocal d passphrase he used. When it was my turn, I stepped up fidently.

  "Assistant Doctor Ramsey, Level 3 access clearance, requesting admittao the lower b," I said, hitting the notes of authority and familiarity I knew Ramsey would have in this situation.

  The guard sed my face, his expression impassive, then nodded curtly and waved me through.

  I moved on, but my nerves hummed as I drew closer to the b's heart. The main area, as Ramsey's memories called it, was hidden behind o, intricate security measure—a full-body ser that was rumored to deteything from DNA mismatches to syic biological traces. It was installed to prevent intruders from using shape-shifting or holographic disguises.

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