Months had passed since Jayden's conversation with the orphanage director. Jayden had changed. The quiet boy who once buried questions beneath laughter and routine had begun to search. Late nights at the library, secret visits to abandoned buildings on the edge of town. Searching for any symbol, whisper, or clue tied to The Organization.
Ren noticed the shift. He didn't say much, but he stayed close, watchful. Until one day, he was gone. Jayden woke to find his friend's bed empty. No note. No explanation. Just the echo of silence and a gut feeling that something was wrong.
Jayden's search intensified.
Then the world shifted.
The aliens arrived, leaders fell into chaos, and from the shadows of global confusion, enemies emerged.
They called themselves The Black Echo. A syndicate of radicals, fanatics, former intelligence agents, rogue scientists, ex-soldiers, and mercenaries who believed humanity's cooperation with the aliens would lead to extinction. They operated through the dark web, anonymous chatrooms, and coded broadcasts. No one knew who they were—or how far their reach went. But they had eyes everywhere.
Somewhere in the encrypted depths of the dark web, a message surfaced—untraceable, unsigned. It detailed a name: Jayden Cole, tagged as "TAKE DOWN." Some members of The Black Echo intercepted it within seconds. They didn't know who sent it or why now, but the implications were clear—Jayden was critical to whatever move was coming next.