Chapter 2813: Story 2814: The Reflection Awakens

The laboratory glass shattered behind Ryan.

He spun around, raising his glowing hand. But there was no enemy standing behind him.

Only his reflection remained in the broken glass.

Except it wasn’t copying his movements.

The reflection slowly raised its head and smiled.

Ryan stepped backward.

“What is that?”

The stranger’s expression turned serious. “Your other half.”

The reflection pressed its palm against the glass. Black veins spread across its face, and its eyes turned completely golden.

Then it spoke.

“Finally, we meet, brother.”

Zara aimed her rifle at the glass. “Ryan, get away from it!”

Before anyone could move, the reflection punched through the shattered surface. A black arm stretched out, grabbing Ryan by the throat.

Golden energy erupted from Ryan’s chest.

The creature screamed and released him.

Hamza opened fire, but every bullet passed through the emerging figure. It stepped completely out of the glass, revealing a second Ryan dressed in a torn laboratory uniform.

Adam’s voice echoed from the metallic door.

“Don’t let him touch you!”

Ryan looked toward the black smoke surrounding Adam.

“Who is he?”

The stranger answered quietly.

“He is the fourth experiment. Father created him using your memories and the organism’s blood.”

The new Ryan laughed.

“Father always loved creating things he couldn’t control.”

Meher’s voice crackled through the radio.

“Ryan, listen! The reflection is connected to the seventh lock. If it reaches the door, the organism will have a complete passage into our world!”

The false Ryan suddenly attacked the stranger.

They collided with tremendous force, sending equipment flying across the laboratory.

Ryan rushed forward, but Zara stopped him.

“Look at your chest!”

The golden symbol was changing again. Its six illuminated lines were turning black, one after another.

Ryan fell to his knees.

Inside his mind, a woman’s voice whispered.

Open the door, my child. Your family is waiting.

He clenched his fists.

“You are not my mother!”

A golden explosion burst from his body.

The false Ryan was thrown across the chamber, crashing into the metallic door. The seventh lock flashed brightly.

For one terrifying moment, the door opened wider.

A gigantic eye appeared in the darkness beyond it.

Hamza stared in horror.

“That’s not a creature...”

Meher whispered through the radio.

“It’s the entrance to something much worse.”

The stranger grabbed Ryan’s shoulder.

“There’s only one way to stop it. You must find your father before the seventh lock opens completely.”

Ryan looked at the collapsing laboratory.

“Where is he?”

The stranger pointed toward the floor beneath the metallic door.

“Below us. And he isn’t alone.”

A deep voice suddenly answered from underneath the floor.

“Ryan... don’t come down here.”

Then three enormous knocks shook the chamber.

And something began digging its way upward.