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=== Chapter 4 ===
They walk through the building, which
=== Chapter 5 ===
The engineers Stephen meets with explain their technology: they are making use of the human body as a way of storing a lot of information in a really compact manner. They say that storing works fine, but the problem has been reading and writing the information. One of their teammates, [[
=== Chapter 6 ===
J.C. continues to complain about security as they walk to Panos' office. Garvas, one of the engineers, continues to fill Stephen in on the details of the case. They finally reach the office, and
=== Chapter 7 ===
=== Chapter 9 ===
Stephen puts the cryptography book on text-to-voice and sets it to 5x speed, listening to it while having a long shower. After having
=== Chapter 10 ===
=== Chapter 11 ===
Stephen finds a dark-haired kid in the drivers seat. Stephen gets into the back of the car. He asks where Zen is, but he quickly works out the kid has no idea about who Zen is, guessing instead that the kid is [[Dion Maheras]], Panos's younger brother. Stephen puts his gun away, and walks Dion to where Wilson had parked the car. After both entering the car, he asks Dion why he was following them. He explains that he thinks I3 stole the body, and he knew Stephen had something to do with the company, having seen pictures of him getting into a car with Yol. Stephen explains that I3 doesn't have the body, and that he is just trying to recover the corpse. He tells Dion that he needs him to stay in the car while he talks to the Coroner.
=== Chapter 12 ===
Stephen enters the medical complex, and knocks on [[Liza]]'s door. [[John (Legion)|Her secretary]] lets Stephen in, telling him that she's waiting for him, but that she's not excited though. She tells him she's got nothing for him. He refers to the missing body, but she tells him it's not her problem anyway, that he should ask the morgue about it. He pushes harder, knowing he needs Liza to let him in. He asks about the police, if they're are involved, and then pushes harder, reminding her about all the paperwork, interruptions, and meetings that'd be involved in the investigations. Eventually, he bribes her with an offer of an interview. He lets her chose who conducts the interview. She accepts the deal, but only if the interviewer gets as long as they want, to which Stephen grudgingly agrees. Liza takes him to the morgue, opening it up, and
=== Chapter 13 ===
=== Chapter 16 ===
Ivy questions whether its a good idea to break into Exeltec. J.C. and Stephen say it's their best option. Stephen notice he had a missed call from Yol, and calls him back. Yol is frantic, as the feds have tripped something on Panos' system which wiped it, leaving only a message saying he'd already released his infection. Stephen checks whether Yol had followed his instructions. He had, or set things in motion, but was unsure if he'd be able to finish. At that point, the call is interupted, and Stephen assumes Yol's phone has been taken from him. J.C. tells them that they should get moving, but Stephen is worried he has missed something, because there has been no sign of Zen. Waiting and thinking, he realizes there may have been more to Zen's ambush, and checks where she had grabbed him, finding out he had been bugged, so she had heard everything he'd said since the ambush. He thinks back to remember if he had said anything about his plan aloud, but is confident it was only in the email he had sent. Taking advantage of the fact Zen doesn't know he's figured out he has been bugged, he starts calling various informants for news outlets in an attempt to create a media frenzy around Exeltec's involvement in the I3 affair. His aspects are concerned that he is making Exeltec desperate, and thus dangerous. In response, he writes some instructions for Wilson, knowing that his aspects will catch on to his plan. It begins to dawn on them, with Audrey liking and Ivy still of the opinion it is very dangerous. Giving the instructions to Wilson, he asks to drive the car. After a bit of coaxing, Wilson lets him do so. Stephen gets in the drivers seat, with Dion entering the passengers seat, and they take off. J.C. receives a call from Kalyani - Arnaud has information. He and some of the other aspects have worked out that Yol has been lying to them still - Panos' research was progressing too well for it to have been shut down. However, his research is not at a point where it has a cancer threat. Kalyani then introduces her husband, which frightens Stephen. This hasn't happened before, and it's a sign to him that he's
=== Chapter 17 ===
They enter the diner, asking for a table for six (lying that they were expecting more people). Stephen tries to calm himself down while looking at the menu. Dion tells him that he is crazy, to which he responds that he is maybe a bit insane, but not crazy. Stephen manages to get Dion talking about Panos, and his goals. Panos had wanted to cure all disease by modifying something like the common cold so that it would immunize people from all other diseases. He tells him that their mother hated technology, but wasn't a bad person. Stephen asks him about some form of key, but Dion doesn't have it, Ivy agreeing that he doesn't. Dion tells them they should probably be looking for a device - Panos was a maker. Stephen forces himself to finish his omelet. Knowing he couldn't stall any longer (not having received a message from Wilson to know if he'd followed his instructions), they leave the diner. As Stephen gets into the car, he feels a gun press against the back of his head.
=== Chapter 18 ===
Dion climbs into the passenger seat before realizing that Zen is there. Zen tells Stephen to shift to the backseat, and then tells him to give her his gun and his phone. Stephen complies. Zen then tells Dion to get into the drivers seat, and to drive off once she and Stephen exit the car. She indicates for Stephen to open the door. He does so, letting his aspects exit first. After J.C., Ivy, and Tobias exit, Stephen is about to exit before Audrey when Zen pulls him back, slams the door shut and forces Dion to start driving, to separate Stephen from his aspects, not knowing that one was still in the car. He looks out the window to see Tobias and Ivy looking confused. Zen comments about having done her research, when Stephen realizes hadn't noticed J.C. when he first looked. Turning back to the window, he sees J.C. keeping up with the car until Audrey points out he is running impossibly fast. Zen then comments that Stephen is a dangerous man, that seeing as he'd managed to topple Exeltec's fortunes and gotten the government onto them, they no longer wanted any involvement, just wanting remove Stephen. Zen gives Dion directions, refusing to talk to Stephen any longer. They eventually arrive in a new development area, driving to a solitary house. Zen escorts them into the cellar, and locks them in while she goes to report.
=== Chapter 19 ===
Stephen tells Dion that he doesn't expect they'll be done there for weeks, that Zen only said that to make them think they had more time than they had so they didn't get desperate. He smashes the bug from under his collar before continuing, saying that they'll be fine unless she comes back to take them for individual questioning. Dion doesn't cope with the turn of events, so after checking the room for a way out, he talks to Dion to try comfort him. He asks why Dion is frightened of death. He asks Dion if he thinks time is infinite. After some prodding, he agrees that probably. Stephen responds that then Dion is immortal. Random chance lead to Dion's existence with all his memories and personality. If time is infinite, then eventually events will lead to him being alive again. He goes on to talk about anything that is possible will eventually happen, if time is infinte, meaning that at some point, there may be a Dion with Batman's backstory that will let him confront death by saying "I will not listen to you, for I am 'infinite Batmans'." Stephen then goes to talk to Audrey, who is also not coping well, trying to get her to focus. Eventually, as Zen is returning, she exclaims that she knows where the body is - neither Exeltec or I3 has it, but she knows who does. Zen enters the room, asking Stephen to come with her so she can question him alone.
=== Chapter 20 ===
Looking at Zen, Stephen knows that she does intend to eliminate them. He asks her if her employers really intend to get rid of them. She intially denies it, but eventually stops any pretence when she puts a silencer on her gun. She tells Stephen that he pushed them too hard. As she prepares to shoot him, he unnerves her by talking about his aspects - telling her that his aspects are surrounding her, watching her. As he responds her telling him his aspects are just a genius, he asks her why he wants her just where she is. At that point, the moment is interrupted by Stephens phone going of in her pocket. He tells her to check the phone, but she doesn't move. He is worried, but then hers goes off too. Her phone rings off, before receiving a text. She eventually decides to look at it, staring for a few moments before laughing. She quickly calls back, having a quiet conversation. Stephen helps Dion, who asks what's going on as Zen laughs again. Stephen tells him that they are safe, asking Zen to confirm that. Zen giggles, responding with a 'Whatever you say, sir." Dion questions the 'sir', and Stephen explains. Knowing Exeltec had an unstable footing, he had got Yol to pressure them economically while Stephen spread rumors of their involvement with the I3 case, the results in the company crashing, allowing Stephen to buy the company - this is what he had got Yol and Wilson to do. He now owned 60% of the company and had voted himself president, meaning he was now Zen's boss. With the threat resolved, they go to collect Panos' body.
=== Chapter 21 ===
The scene opens with them finding Mrs. Maheras in the garden again. With sirens sounding the background, she realizes that her secret was out. Ivy comments that she should have seen it, knowing most Orthodox branches are against cremation. Stephen guesses that Mrs. Maheras had been a cleaning lady when she was younger, and that she had impersonated the cleaning lady to steal the body after the family priest had laid the tape on the door. She asks what gave her away, to which Stephen responds it was the numbers she'd written for the cleaning time - she had practiced the other cleaning ladies signature, but not her numbers. She asks if they'll take the body again (she had buried it in her garden), to which he responds that yes, they would take it. He goes on to say that she wouldn't likely be in much trouble as the body isn't recognized as property, but also, they will likely freeze the body in case they want to search all his cells for the information in the future, rather than cremate it. As she walks back inside, this improves her mood. When Stephen and his aspects walk into the kitchen, they notice an empty space on the wall. They realize that Panos would likely have know the picture on the wall would have been removed upon his death (to be placed on his coffin). Stephen pulls on the nail, which comes loose. The string attached to the nail pulls something in the wall, and they hear a click. A light switch on the wall slides forward. Inside they find a USB with a quote on the side (1 Kings 19:11-12). Ivy speaks the quote, and then Stephen pockets the USB as someone knocks on the door. He pushes the holder back into the wall before going to talk to the feds outside.
== Epilogue ==
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