Underground Bunker, 2145
Victor ripped off his mask. "I'm not your enemy. I'm your FAILURE."
A hologram flickered: A child with James' eyes and Sophie's smile.
"Our son?" James choked.
"Was." Victor's voice broke. "In the original timeline, you two married. The Blackout killed Mom. I built a time machine to save her… but every loop ends the same. YOU cause the disaster. SHE dies. And I…"He tapped his glitching cybernetic arm. "I'm stuck between lives."
Sophie's eyes welled. "Then we change the script."
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