The scene shifted back to the apartment in Paris.
Ayaan and Anshuman were sitting on the couch.
Anshuman was looking through the photos he had taken.
Emma walked into the room and sat down.
Everything was quiet.
Then suddenly—
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
All three watches vibrated.
Ayaan looked at the message.
"The Man is calling us."
The three immediately left the apartment.
A short time later...
They entered the agency headquarters.
The doors to The Man's office opened.
Mark was already standing inside.
The atmosphere was unusually serious.
The Man stood in front of a large screen.
"Your next mission is not ordinary."
Ayaan folded his arms.
"What makes it different?"
The Man pressed a button.
Several photos appeared on the screen.
Each photo showed a different person.
Anshuman looked confused.
"Why are there so many suspects?"
The Man shook his head.
"These are not different suspects."
"They are all the same villain."
The room became silent.
Emma frowned.
"What do you mean?"
The Man looked at them.
"His identity is unknown."
"He has the ability to enter another person's body."
"He can control minds."
"He can make anyone act for him."
Anshuman blinked.
"That doesn't sound possible."
The Man nodded.
"I thought the same thing."
"But we have confirmed evidence."
"He is real."
"He is one of the most dangerous people we have ever encountered."
Ayaan looked at the screen.
"So how do we stop someone who can become anyone?"
The Man walked toward a reinforced metal case.
He opened it.
Inside were three glowing syringes.
Blue.
Red.
And Gold.
Emma stared at them.
"What are those?"
The Man carefully picked them up.
"Super Power Serums."
The three agents looked shocked.
The Man continued.
"Some people are born with god-gifted powers."
"This villain is one of them."
"To fight him, you will need powers of your own."
Anshuman immediately stood up.
"Wait."
"You're serious?"
The Man nodded.
"Very."
He placed the serums on the table.
"Each of you may choose one power."
"But choose carefully."
"You only get one."
The room became completely silent as the three agents stared at the glowing serums.
Ayaan looked at the three glowing serums.
Without hesitation, he picked up the gold one.
The Man nodded.
"Spider Serum."
Ayaan raised an eyebrow.
"Spider?"
The Man continued.
"It grants super strength, super reflexes, super speed, high endurance, enhanced senses, and the ability to stick to surfaces."
Ayaan smiled.
"I'll take it."
He injected the serum.
A golden energy briefly flowed through his body.
His muscles tensed.
His senses sharpened instantly.
Anshuman looked at the remaining serums.
Then at Ayaan.
Then back at the serums.
"I want the same one."
The Man sighed.
"I expected that."
Anshuman took another Spider Serum and injected it.
Immediately he felt energy surge through his body.
He accidentally squeezed the arm of his chair.
CRACK.
The armrest broke off.
Anshuman looked at it.
"...Oops."
Emma stepped forward.
"I'll choose this one."
She picked up the blue serum.
The Man nodded.
"Intellect Serum."
Emma injected it.
For a moment her eyes glowed faintly.
Information began flowing through her mind.
Complex calculations.
Technology.
Engineering.
Strategies.
Emma blinked.
"I suddenly understand things I didn't understand five seconds ago."
Anshuman pointed at her.
"That's terrifying."
Ayaan stretched his arms.
Everything felt lighter.
Faster.
Stronger.
Then he looked at The Man.
"I need a suit."
Anshuman immediately pointed at himself.
"Me too."
The Man smiled.
"I know."
A few minutes later...
Ayaan and Anshuman entered a special agency room.
The doors opened.
Both froze.
The room was enormous.
Rows and rows of advanced combat suits filled the hall.
Black suits.
Armored suits.
Stealth suits.
Tactical suits.
Prototype suits.
Hundreds of designs.
Ayaan stared at them.
Anshuman stared at them.
Then both said at the same time,
"This is awesome."
An agency technician walked toward them.
"Choose carefully."
"These suits will become your official agent suits."
Anshuman immediately ran toward a display.
Ayaan followed.
The room was filled with possibilities as they began searching for the perfect suits for their new powers.
Ayaan walked through the rows of advanced suits.
After looking at dozens of designs, he finally stopped.
A black suit with red patterns running across it.
The suit looked sleek, powerful, and built for speed.
"I'll take this one."
Meanwhile, Anshuman found another suit.
A blue and red design with reinforced armor sections.
"This one is mine."
The technicians immediately began preparing the suits.
A few minutes later...
Ayaan and Anshuman stood on separate platforms.
Mechanical arms attached the equipment to their suits.
Special web-shooter fluid cartridges were connected to their wrists.
The technicians ran several tests.
Everything worked perfectly.
Then the suits were activated.
The masks formed automatically.
The lenses lit up.
The web shooters locked into place.
The two looked at each other.
"Not bad."
"Not bad at all."
Emma walked into the room.
Her new technology-enhanced visor was active.
She immediately analyzed the suits.
"Your combat efficiency increased by 63%."
Anshuman blinked.
"You can calculate that?"
"Yes."
"That's scary."
The Man entered the room.
He looked at the three agents.
"Good."
"You are ready."
Then his expression became serious.
"I have another matter to attend to outside the country."
Mark looked surprised.
"You're leaving now?"
The Man nodded.
"This mission will be handled by you three."
Ayaan stepped forward.
"We'll beat him."
"Don't worry."
The Man smiled slightly.
"I hope so."
After The Man left, Ayaan noticed a small button on his watch.
"What does this do?"
He pressed it.
Immediately, the suit dissolved into countless tiny particles and disappeared.
Ayaan looked down.
He was wearing normal clothes again.
Anshuman's eyes widened.
"That's useful."
Ayaan pressed the button again.
The particles reappeared around his body.
Within seconds the suit fully formed again.
The mask locked into place.
"Okay."
"That's awesome."
Anshuman immediately began pressing his own button repeatedly.
Suit on.
Suit off.
Suit on.
Suit off.
Suit on.
Suit off.
Emma grabbed his wrist.
"Stop."
Ayaan looked toward the city outside the agency windows.
Somewhere out there was a villain who could possess anyone.
Anyone could be the enemy.
Anyone could be under his control.
The mission would be unlike anything they had faced before.
Ayaan activated his suit.
The red lines glowed faintly.
"Let's find that villain."
Anshuman activated his suit as well.
Emma adjusted her visor.
The three agents walked toward the exit.
Their most dangerous mission was about to begin.
After some time, Ayaan and Anshuman were patrolling the city in their new suits.
People looked at them in surprise as they moved across rooftops and streets.
Meanwhile, Emma remained at the apartment, monitoring agency systems and searching for clues about the villain.
Ayaan and Anshuman were walking through a crowded area when a man suddenly approached them.
The man smiled.
"You can't catch me."
Ayaan immediately reacted.
THWIP!
A web shot from his wrist and wrapped around the man.
The man stumbled and fell.
"Hey!"
He looked at the web around him.
"Why did you shoot me with your web?!"
Ayaan blinked.
"What?"
The man looked genuinely confused.
Then a nearby woman suddenly stopped walking.
She turned toward Ayaan and smiled.
"No advantage at all."
Ayaan's eyes widened.
The voice was different.
Cold.
Confident.
Not her own.
"The villain."
The woman's smile widened.
"I can go into anyone's body."
Ayaan immediately moved toward her.
But before he could reach her, she collapsed to the ground.
A nearby businessman suddenly looked up.
The same smile appeared on his face.
"You'll never catch me."
Anshuman looked around nervously.
"This is creepy."
The businessman laughed.
Then another person nearby began speaking.
A teenager.
Then an old man.
Then a taxi driver.
The same voice.
The same smile.
The villain was jumping from body to body.
Ayaan clenched his fists.
"He's very dangerous."
The villain laughed through a random pedestrian.
"You've finally figured that out?"
Then another man nearby suddenly spoke.
"Your minds are interesting."
Ayaan and Anshuman looked at him.
The villain tilted his head.
"It's surprisingly hard to enter either of your brains."
Anshuman frowned.
"What does that mean?"
The villain smiled.
"Whatever those serums did to you..."
"They made resistance."
Ayaan immediately understood.
The Spider Serum was protecting them.
At least partially.
Suddenly dozens of people stopped walking.
One after another.
The villain was moving between them so quickly it became impossible to track.
Every few seconds he appeared in another body.
Another face.
Another voice.
Another location.
Then all of them spoke at once.
"You cannot punch me."
"You cannot trap me."
"You cannot arrest me."
"I am everyone."
Ayaan looked around in disbelief.
The villain was everywhere.
Yet nowhere.
Then, just as suddenly, all the possessed people returned to normal.
Confused.
Unaware of what had happened.
The villain was gone.
No trace.
No clue.
Nothing.
Ayaan stood frozen.
Even Anshuman looked shaken.
For the first time, they were facing an enemy they couldn't simply chase down and fight.
And that realization was far more frightening than any giant or super-powered criminal they had faced before.
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately reported everything to Emma.
Emma was sitting in front of several monitors at the apartment.
After analyzing the information, she found something important.
"The villain has a weakness."
Ayaan looked at her.
"What is it?"
Emma pulled up a diagram on the screen.
"He can't enter another person's mind if they're more than thirty meters away from his current host."
Anshuman's eyes widened.
"So he can't jump infinitely?"
Emma nodded.
"Exactly."
Ayaan smiled.
"That's very good for us."
At that moment, a voice came from outside.
"Don't get in my way."
Ayaan and Anshuman rushed to the window.
A man was standing on a nearby rooftop.
The villain was controlling him.
Then suddenly the man jumped off the roof.
Anshuman immediately fired a web.
THWIP!
The man was caught before he hit the ground.
The moment he landed safely, the possession ended.
The man looked around in confusion.
Meanwhile, Ayaan looked around.
"The villain is moving!"
The two immediately began chasing through the city.
They swung between buildings and ran across rooftops.
Several times they spotted people speaking with the villain's voice.
Every time they got close, he switched hosts.
Then suddenly he disappeared completely.
The trail was gone.
Ayaan and Anshuman returned to Emma.
Emma was rapidly typing on her computer.
"I found him."
Ayaan stepped forward.
"Where?"
"A large party."
"The villain is moving through different people there."
Ayaan nodded.
"We'll go."
Emma grabbed her jacket.
"I'll head to the agency and continue tracking him."
A short time later...
Ayaan and Anshuman entered the party.
The building was crowded.
Music was playing.
Hundreds of guests filled the hall.
Suddenly a man holding a drink looked directly at Ayaan.
A familiar smile appeared.
"Your apartment is nice."
Anshuman froze.
"Our apartment?"
The man laughed.
Then the possession jumped to another guest.
Then another.
Then another.
Ayaan immediately activated the apartment cameras through his mask.
The CCTV footage appeared.
A masked girl was standing inside the apartment.
Anshuman stared.
"It was a girl?"
The footage suddenly cut.
Back at the party, the villain continued jumping through people.
Then suddenly he entered the body of a helicopter pilot waiting on a nearby rooftop.
The pilot immediately started the helicopter.
WHIRRRRR!
The helicopter lifted into the air.
"He's escaping!"
Ayaan and Anshuman sprinted outside.
They fired webs toward the helicopter.
THWIP!
THWIP!
Both webs connected.
The two agents were pulled into the air behind it.
The chase continued across the Paris skyline.
The helicopter flew over the city.
The pilot looked back and smiled with the villain's expression.
Anshuman pointed ahead.
"A crane!"
Immediately he fired a web.
THWIP!
The web attached to the crane.
The line tightened.
The helicopter was pulled sideways.
SCREEEECH!
The aircraft spun out of control and crashed onto the top platform of the crane.
Smoke rose from the engine.
The rotors stopped.
Ayaan and Anshuman landed on the crane.
The pilot was trapped.
There was nobody nearby.
No civilians.
No crowds.
No possible host within thirty meters.
Ayaan stepped toward him.
"From here you can't get into anybody's mind."
The pilot smiled.
"You are very smart."
Suddenly the smile vanished.
The pilot collapsed to his knees.
He looked around in confusion.
"W-Where am I?"
The villain had abandoned him.
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately searched the surroundings.
Nothing.
No sign of the villain.
No host.
No clue.
The pilot was free.
But the villain had escaped once again.
Standing on top of the crane, Ayaan looked over the city.
Somewhere in Paris, the villain was still hiding.
And now She knew they were getting closer.
The scene shifted to the apartment.
Emma was sitting in front of several monitors, searching through countless records.
Suddenly she stopped.
"I got her information."
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately looked at her screen.
Emma displayed a file.
Name: Sara
Status: Unknown
Power: Mind Possession
A photo appeared on the screen.
Ayaan looked at it for a moment.
Sara was surprisingly beautiful.
Anshuman immediately noticed.
"Don't fall for her."
Ayaan looked at him.
"Shut up."
Emma rolled her eyes.
"We are hunting a supervillain."
A few minutes later, Emma received another signal.
"I found her."
Ayaan stood up.
"Where?"
"She's heading toward a building downtown."
Ayaan activated his suit.
"Anshuman, let's go."
The two immediately left.
Meanwhile...
Sara walked into a large office building.
Nobody paid attention to her.
She calmly entered an elevator and disappeared upstairs.
A few moments later, she entered the mind of a man working inside the building.
The man's eyes suddenly changed.
Sara was now controlling him.
Elsewhere in the building...
Outside a large reinforced locker room, Sara's voice echoed through the halls.
"MAX!"
The building shook with the force of her shout.
"You can't escape from me!"
A deep voice answered from inside.
"You can't catch me."
At that moment, Ayaan and Anshuman arrived at the building.
The lobby was empty.
Too empty.
Ayaan looked around.
"Something's wrong."
Suddenly a man walking nearby turned his head.
His eyes changed.
Sara was controlling him.
She looked directly at Ayaan.
"You shouldn't have come."
Then the possession ended.
The man collapsed unconscious.
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately rushed toward the upper floors.
The signal on their watches pointed upward.
47th Floor.
The elevator doors opened.
The moment they stepped out, both froze.
The entire floor was destroyed.
Walls were cracked.
Windows were shattered.
Desks were overturned.
Metal beams were bent.
It looked like a battlefield.
Anshuman looked around.
"What happened here?"
Ayaan slowly walked forward.
At the center of the floor sat a man in a chair.
Motionless.
Silent.
His back faced them.
Ayaan stepped closer.
"Is that you, Sara?"
The man slowly stood.
Then he turned around.
His face was completely unfamiliar.
Anshuman arrived beside Ayaan.
"What is this man?"
The stranger smiled.
A disturbing smile.
Then his body began changing.
CRACK.
His bones expanded.
CRACK.
His arms grew larger.
BOOM.
The floor beneath him shattered.
His muscles swelled to an impossible size.
Dark veins spread across his body.
Within seconds, the man was no longer human.
A towering monster stood before them.
Its head nearly touched the ceiling.
Its glowing eyes stared directly at the two agents.
Anshuman slowly took a step back.
"What... is he really?"
The monster smiled.
Then spoke in a deep voice.
"Max."
The entire floor trembled as he took a single step forward.
And suddenly Ayaan understood why even Sara had been chasing him.
Sara was sitting inside a nearby office, watching everything through the building's security system.
She remained calm while the monster rampaged through the 47th floor.
Meanwhile, Ayaan and Anshuman were desperately trying to avoid being crushed.
The monster charged forward.
BOOM!
The floor cracked beneath its feet.
Ayaan jumped aside.
Anshuman wasn't fast enough.
The monster grabbed his leg.
"Uh oh."
WHOOSH!
Anshuman was thrown across the floor.
CRASH!
He smashed through several desks before stopping.
The monster immediately began chasing him.
"WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME?!" Anshuman shouted while running.
Ayaan looked around for another way to stop it.
Then he noticed someone standing nearby.
Sara.
She was calmly watching the fight.
Ayaan landed in front of her.
"Sara."
She walked toward him.
Then she pointed at his mask.
"Remove it."
Ayaan blinked.
"What?"
"Remove your mask."
"Why?"
Sara stepped closer and placed her hand on his.
"I want to see your real identity."
Ayaan hesitated.
Then slowly removed his mask.
Sara looked at him for a moment.
Then smiled slightly.
"You look better than I thought."
Before Ayaan could respond—
"AYAAN!"
They both turned.
Anshuman was being chased down the corridor by the monster.
"FIRST HELP ME!"
Ayaan sighed.
"Good point."
He looked back at Sara.
"Why are you doing this?"
Sara's expression became serious.
"I told you."
"Don't get in my way."
Suddenly—
The monster appeared behind them.
It grabbed Ayaan.
BOOM!
And threw him straight into Anshuman.
Both agents crashed into a wall.
Anshuman groaned.
"Okay."
He stood up.
"It's time to lock in."
Ayaan nodded.
"Finally."
The monster charged.
The entire building shook.
At the last second both agents jumped aside.
The monster missed.
CRAAASH!
It smashed through a wall and fell out of the building.
For a moment everything became silent.
Ayaan looked down.
The monster was falling.
"We're safe now."
Then a giant hand grabbed the side of the building.
Both agents froze.
The monster climbed back up.
Anshuman stared.
"What is he made of?!"
The monster roared and charged again.
This time both agents ran.
Ayaan jumped through a shattered window.
THWIP!
A web shot attached to another section of the building.
Anshuman followed.
Together they began wrapping the monster in layers of webbing.
THWIP!
THWIP!
THWIP!
The monster struggled.
More webs.
More restraints.
Then Ayaan got an idea.
He punched a damaged support block.
The broken concrete and metal sections collapsed onto the monster.
Soon enormous chunks of the floor were hanging from the web-covered creature.
The monster stood near the edge of the building carrying the weight of tons of debris.
Ayaan spotted a damaged mechanical construction arm nearby.
He ripped part of it free and used it like a giant electric gauntlet.
"Let's try this."
He jumped.
BOOOOM!
The electrified punch slammed into the monster's chest.
The impact shook the building.
But the monster grabbed the mechanical arm.
CRACK!
It shattered instantly.
Ayaan's eyes widened.
"That was expensive."
The monster grabbed him.
Then slammed him into the ground.
BOOM!
The floor cracked beneath the impact.
Anshuman rushed forward.
He helped Ayaan stand.
The two looked at the monster.
Something was different.
The creature's eyes were changing.
It looked confused.
Lost.
Afraid.
Ayaan lowered his fists.
"Calm down."
Anshuman nodded.
"We're not your enemy."
The monster stopped moving.
For the first time, it looked at its own hands.
Then at the destruction around it.
Its expression changed.
As if it had suddenly remembered who it was.
A faint voice came from inside the creature.
"...help..."
Ayaan and Anshuman looked at each other.
The monster wasn't evil.
It was a victim.
The transformation began fading.
The creature staggered backward toward the broken edge of the building.
Ayaan reached out.
"Wait!"
But the monster looked at them one last time.
Then let itself fall backward off the building.
The massive body disappeared from sight.
Silence filled the ruined floor.
Ayaan slowly lowered his hand.
And from across the room, Sara watched everything unfold without saying a word.
Writing
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately jumped from the building.
Their webs slowed their fall and they landed safely on the street below.
A crowd had already gathered.
The monster had reverted back into a normal man.
He was unconscious but alive.
A few moments later, an ambulance arrived.
The paramedics carefully loaded him inside.
Ayaan watched as the ambulance drove away.
At least the man was safe.
Meanwhile...
Deep inside a secure facility, Sara finally reached a reinforced vault.
The giant metal door was already broken.
Inside stood Max.
He was waiting for her.
Sara's eyes narrowed.
"I'm ending this today."
She stepped forward.
But before she could attack—
A shadow appeared behind her.
Ayaan.
He pressed a small device against the back of her neck.
CLICK.
The chip activated.
Sara immediately froze.
The power-draining device began working.
Her strength disappeared.
Her possession ability vanished.
Sara's eyes widened.
"No..."
She stumbled.
"Don't do it..."
Her legs gave out.
Before she could hit the ground, Ayaan caught her.
Sara slowly lost consciousness in his arms.
Anshuman arrived a few seconds later.
Max crossed his arms.
"She's dangerous."
"For all of us."
He looked at Sara.
"Leave her to me."
Ayaan immediately shook his head.
"No."
Max stared at him.
Ayaan didn't move.
Finally Max sighed.
"Fine."
A few minutes later, Ayaan looked at Max.
"What do you know about Sara?"
Max was silent for a moment.
Then he answered.
"She's an orphan."
Ayaan listened carefully.
Max continued.
"Years ago she had only one friend."
"The closest person she had."
"What happened?"
"An accident."
Max looked away.
"Her friend died."
The room became quiet.
"After that, Sara changed."
Max's voice became softer.
"She never recovered."
"She carries that pain everywhere."
Max looked at Sara.
"At one point she entered my mind."
"And she saw memories of her friend."
Ayaan slowly nodded.
"Oh."
"I understand."
Nobody spoke for a while.
Eventually everyone left.
Later that evening...
Ayaan and Anshuman arrived at the hospital.
They entered the room of the man who had transformed into the monster.
The man was awake now.
Ayaan pulled up a chair.
"How are you doing?"
The man looked confused.
"I don't know what happened."
Ayaan frowned.
"What do you mean?"
The man rubbed his head.
"The last thing I remember..."
He paused.
"I was sitting in my room."
"Then suddenly I fell on the floor."
"I don't remember anything after that."
Ayaan and Anshuman exchanged looks.
The story didn't make sense.
The man continued.
"Everyone keeps telling me what happened."
"But I don't remember becoming a monster."
Silence filled the room.
Then Anshuman's eyes widened.
He looked at Ayaan.
"Wait."
"What?"
Anshuman stood up.
"Max lied to us."
Ayaan frowned.
"How?"
Anshuman thought for a moment.
"Max said Sara saw his memories while she was inside his mind."
"Yeah."
"But if she could see memories that way..."
Anshuman looked toward the hospital window.
"Then Max could have seen hers too."
Ayaan's eyes widened.
The possibility hit him immediately.
Maybe Max hadn't told them the whole truth.
Maybe he had hidden something important.
Something about Sara.
Something about her friend.
Anshuman headed for the door.
"We need to go."
Ayaan stood up.
"To where?"
Anshuman looked at him.
"To Sara."
"We need answers."
Ayaan and Anshuman rushed to the room where Sara was supposed to be held.
The room was empty.
The restraints had been removed.
Ayaan looked around for any clue.
Then he clenched his fist.
"Max took her."
Anshuman nodded.
"I was thinking the same thing."
Without wasting another second, they rushed toward Max's agency.
Meanwhile...
Sara was locked to a metal chair.
Glass walls surrounded her.
Machines were connected to the chair.
Outside the glass stood Max.
"How are you, Sara?"
Sara glared at him.
She tried to enter his mind.
Nothing happened.
Max smiled.
"Your powers have been drained."
"And thanks to those two agents, we finally captured you."
Sara's breathing became heavier.
For the first time in a long while, she looked nervous.
Suddenly a memory appeared in her mind.
A voice.
A familiar voice.
Her friend's final words.
"T-7..."
Sara immediately raised her head.
"Where is T-7?"
Max frowned.
"What is T-7?"
Sara stared directly at him.
"Only you know about it."
Max's face hardened.
He turned toward the technicians.
"Boost the energy system."
The machines became louder.
Electricity surged through the chair.
Sara cried out in pain.
While trying to endure it, she looked upward.
There was an air vent above her.
Written beside it were faded letters.
T-7
Sara froze.
Her eyes widened.
Memories flooded back.
The room.
The experiments.
Her friend.
Everything.
She slowly looked at Max.
"This is the place."
Max remained silent.
Sara's voice trembled.
"This was the last place where my friend was kept."
The machines suddenly began malfunctioning.
Warning alarms echoed throughout the facility.
Technicians looked at their monitors in panic.
"Sir!"
"Her power levels are increasing!"
Max looked at the screen.
The numbers kept rising.
Higher.
Higher.
Higher.
The restraints around Sara began bending.
CRACK.
The metal snapped.
The power-draining devices exploded.
Sparks flew everywhere.
Sara stood up.
Her eyes were glowing.
Tears rolled down her face.
Years of pain.
Years of searching.
Years of unanswered questions.
Everything exploded at once.
She screamed.
A wave of psychic energy erupted from her body.
BOOOOOOM!
The shockwave spread through the city.
Within almost two kilometers, people suddenly froze.
Cars stopped.
Pedestrians stopped.
Everything became eerily silent.
At the same time, Ayaan and Anshuman were heading toward the agency.
They felt the pressure immediately.
Ayaan looked around.
"Did you feel that?"
Anshuman nodded.
"Yeah."
Both increased their speed.
Something terrible had happened.
Back inside the facility...
Glass shattered everywhere.
Max tried to move.
He couldn't.
An invisible force lifted him into the air.
His body was dragged across the room.
He crashed into the very chair Sara had been locked in.
Metal restraints wrapped around him.
This time, he was the prisoner.
Max struggled.
Nothing worked.
Sara slowly walked toward him.
Her eyes burned with anger.
She stopped directly in front of him.
"Now tell me."
"What happened to my friend?"
For the first time, Max looked afraid.
And at that exact moment—
Ayaan and Anshuman burst through the facility entrance.
Ayaan and Anshuman entered the facility at full speed.
The moment they stepped inside, they froze.
Everyone in the building was standing completely still.
Guards.
Scientists.
Workers.
Nobody moved.
The entire facility was silent.
Only the sound of alarms echoed through the halls.
Ayaan looked around.
"Her powers did this."
Anshuman nodded.
"And they're getting stronger."
The two rushed deeper into the facility.
Eventually they reached the main hall.
The hall stretched several floors upward.
At the very top was a large reinforced gate.
The psychic energy was coming from behind it.
Ayaan immediately looked upward.
"Sara!"
Anshuman shouted as well.
"Wait!"
Suddenly the gate opened slightly.
A figure appeared.
One of the ninjas guarding the facility.
But when he spoke, it wasn't his voice.
It was Sara's.
"Why did you come here?"
Ayaan stepped forward.
"We came to help you."
The ninja smiled.
Using Sara's expression.
"Help me?"
"You handed me over to them."
Ayaan lowered his head.
"It was our mistake."
Anshuman nodded.
"Listen to us."
"We didn't know."
For a moment there was silence.
Then ten figures dropped from above.
THUD.
THUD.
THUD.
Ten ninjas landed around them.
All wearing black combat suits.
All carrying weapons.
All moving at exactly the same time.
Anshuman looked around.
"What are they?"
Sara's voice came from all ten of them.
"They work for Max."
"Move aside."
"We'll finish this ourselves."
Without warning the ninjas attacked.
WHOOSH!
A sword swung toward Ayaan.
He dodged.
Barely.
A second ninja kicked him across the hall.
Anshuman blocked another attack.
Then another.
Then another.
The ten ninjas fought as if they shared one mind.
Because they did.
Sara was controlling all of them.
Anshuman suddenly grabbed his head.
"Ugh..."
Ayaan punched a ninja away.
"What happened?"
"My head."
"It hurts."
Ayaan paused.
The same pain hit him.
A sharp pressure inside his skull.
"Mine too."
The Spider Serum inside their bodies was reacting.
Their enhanced senses were overwhelmed by Sara's psychic energy.
Their reflexes became slower.
Their movements became heavier.
A ninja punched Ayaan in the stomach.
BAM!
Another kicked Anshuman into a pillar.
CRASH!
The two agents stood back up.
But they were noticeably weaker now.
Anshuman wiped blood from his mouth.
"This serum is making everything worse."
Ayaan looked toward the upper floor.
Toward the gate.
Toward Sara.
And for the first time, he realized something.
Sara wasn't losing control.
She was becoming stronger every second.
And if nobody stopped her soon, the entire city could end up trapped inside her mind.
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The ten ninjas continued attacking relentlessly.
Ayaan and Anshuman were pushed backward again and again.
Their reflexes were slowing.
The psychic pressure from Sara's powers filled the entire building.
One ninja slammed Ayaan into a wall.
Another swept Anshuman off his feet.
The two agents struggled to stand.
Their heads felt like they were splitting apart.
Finally, both of them pulled off their masks.
The ninjas stopped for only a second.
Ayaan closed his eyes.
Anshuman did the same.
Neither moved.
Neither spoke.
The hall became strangely quiet.
Two ninjas immediately rushed upward onto a balcony.
They drew their swords.
Then jumped toward the motionless agents.
Everyone expected the attack to land.
Then something changed.
A strange energy surged through both Ayaan and Anshuman.
The Spider Serum reacted.
Their bodies adapted.
Evolved.
Mutated.
Ayaan's eyes opened.
Completely black.
Anshuman's eyes opened.
Also completely black.
The two ninjas were only meters away.
They swung their swords.
CRACK!
Two webs shot out instantly.
The swords shattered before they could reach their targets.
The broken pieces scattered across the floor.
The ninjas landed and immediately jumped backward.
For the first time, they looked nervous.
Ayaan slowly looked at his hands.
He felt stronger.
Faster.
Sharper.
Anshuman looked equally shocked.
"What just happened to us?"
Before anyone could answer, several ninjas threw shurikens.
The metal stars flew through the air at incredible speed.
But to Ayaan and Anshuman, everything seemed slow.
They effortlessly dodged each one.
Left.
Right.
Step.
Turn.
Not a single shuriken touched them.
The ninjas stared in disbelief.
One of them activated a power buster and fired.
Ayaan raised a hand.
BOOM!
The impact struck him.
The device shattered apart.
Ayaan didn't move.
Everyone froze.
Including Ayaan.
"...I did not expect that."
Anshuman looked at him.
"Neither did I."
The ninjas attacked again.
This time the fight was completely different.
Ayaan disappeared in a blur.
A second later three ninjas were knocked off their feet.
Anshuman leaped across the hall.
His kick sent another ninja sliding across the floor.
The remaining attackers surrounded them.
But now Ayaan and Anshuman moved like shadows.
Every punch.
Every kick.
Every web.
Every dodge.
Faster than before.
Stronger than before.
Above them, beyond the giant gate, Sara felt the change immediately.
For the first time since her powers awakened...
Something had appeared that could actually challenge her.
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As the fight continued, both Ayaan and Anshuman noticed something strange.
Their web-shooter devices were damaged.
Cracks spread across the equipment.
Then—
CRACK!
Both web-shooters broke completely.
Anshuman looked at his wrist.
"Uh... that's not good."
But before he could worry, a web shot out from his hand anyway.
Ayaan stared at his own hand.
A web fired from it as well.
Both agents froze.
"Wait..."
"Did that come from us?"
The mutation had changed them even further.
Now their bodies were producing organic webs naturally.
The remaining ninjas didn't have time to react.
Within seconds, Ayaan and Anshuman trapped all ten of them in thick layers of webbing.
The hall finally became silent.
Then Ayaan looked toward the giant gate.
"She's behind there."
The two agents rushed forward.
BOOM!
The gate broke open.
Inside, Sara stood facing Max.
Max was still restrained to the chair.
Sara turned and looked at them.
Ayaan and Anshuman immediately felt the psychic pressure hit them again.
Their heads hurt.
Their bodies felt heavy.
But they kept walking.
Sara watched them carefully.
Ayaan stopped a few steps away.
"Sara."
"I said I'm not listening to anyone."
Anshuman stepped forward.
"Just one time."
Sara remained silent.
Then Ayaan slowly sat beside her.
The anger in her eyes didn't disappear, but she didn't stop him.
"Don't worry."
"We're here."
Sara looked away.
"They killed my sister."
"And now I have nobody."
For a moment nobody spoke.
Then Ayaan answered quietly.
"You have us."
Sara looked at him.
The anger in her eyes slowly faded.
A small smile appeared.
"Really?"
Ayaan nodded.
"Do you believe me?"
Sara looked at him for several seconds.
Then she smiled a little more.
"I've never felt like this before."
Anshuman folded his arms.
"That's our specialty."
"We're different from other people."
Sara laughed softly.
Then looked down.
"Everyone always tells me I'm special."
"But only because of my power."
"Nobody wanted me."
"They only wanted what I could do."
Ayaan shook his head.
"We don't care about your power."
Anshuman nodded.
"We care about you."
Sara's eyes became watery.
For the first time in years, she didn't feel alone.
Ayaan stood up and offered his hand.
"Come with us."
"With us, nobody is going to bother you."
Sara looked at the hand.
Then slowly took it.
At that moment, the psychic energy around the city disappeared.
The pressure vanished.
Everyone who had been frozen regained movement.
Cars started moving again.
People continued their conversations.
The city returned to normal.
Sara had ended her power.
Everything was finally over.
Later that night...
Ayaan, Anshuman, and Sara sat together on a rooftop overlooking the city.
The wind blew gently.
The lights of the city stretched endlessly below them.
For once, nobody was fighting.
Nobody was running.
Nobody was being chased.
They simply sat there in silence.
Watching the city.
Watching the stars.
And for the first time in a very long time, Sara felt like she belonged somewhere.