“Ayo’s Reckoning”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hLMr9ZbCg
The east records room was dark — only a single desk lamp glowed over a pile of dried ledger tape and blueprint sketches. Jabari stood beside the table; hands clasped behind his back.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFOn38ct08
Ayo entered alone.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Dvh0ZRxCE
The silence was volcanic.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu8tVfNoOR
“You know why I called you,” Jabari said, voice flat.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaQjOtKvYy
Ayo offered a faint shrug. “Because the girls found the card?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnSXmnqkoU
Jabari snapped a dossier onto the desk — a copy of Naomi’s Tribunal summary, ink still drying.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNA8aQwCMF
“Because you sabotaged a crate we sent in good faith. Because you exposed all of us.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuqd6nFOIs
Ayo stepped closer.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZgG4R6NrC
“I didn’t poison anything. Not in the way you think. That card wasn’t to destroy Naomi. It was to prove Mercy’s poison… has no borders.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf6xC8G46b
Jabari frowned. “What does that even mean?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjm16qNjV5
Ayo picked up a coil of magnetic wire from the desk, let it dangle.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJTp4fNLK7
“You think this is about Mercy or Naomi or some crypt. But it’s not. It’s about how everyone keeps rewriting history just enough to feel like the hero. Mercy used truth as a weapon. Naomi used silence. And now we’re pretending you’re any different?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxoq3AEyk2
Jabari’s voice grew sharp.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw71TvZRTx6
“You broke formation. You put everyone at risk.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11KgndpBY5
“No,” Ayo said calmly. “I reminded everyone that you’re not clean either.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwy0Ck30aiq
He stepped toward Jabari.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGcrxIUxmT
“We buried names too, Jabari. You kept the order clean by editing memory. I just didn’t want her to beat us at our own trick. So, I sent a message.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOPXdhDPII
Jabari didn’t speak for several moments.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitnHyWCSET
Then, slowly: “You’re suspended from all wall operations. Your archive access is revoked. Musa will clear your codes from the relay. You move only with watchers present.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDVGQhAyKr
Ayo nodded. No fight. No protest.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSxrg0jcA3
“As long as you understand... silencing me just proves my point.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHsPreeRVC
He turned.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9SITx6ZQGO
Before walking out, he paused.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXg9CMLOvT
“Check the old boiler room under the lab tower.” You’ll find what Mercy left us. Or what we left buried first.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDKbu60CXM
Jabari sits alone in the lamp light, staring at Ayo’s vacated shadow. He slowly sits, opens a fresh notebook, and writes at the top:88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiH2DHKRB4
“Control isn’t memory. It’s delay.” Below it, he circles one phrase: Boiler Room – Legacy Remnants.
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The old broadcast tunnel behind the boys’ science wing — was once a secret passage used for pranks, now a Shadow Walker base of sorts. Blue chalk symbols line the walls. Three lanterns cast narrow light.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUE14XDIMS
Ayo arrives to find Kwame and Otieno waiting.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjQVCMyxiC
Kwame’s expression is razor-sharp. Otieno leans against the pipe wall, arms folded, quieter but far more dangerous.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9nwGoZzjZ
“You went off-script,” Kwame said.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBQJKpFq19
“There’s no script,” Ayo replied. “That’s why we exist.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygHNObKUtX
Otieno’s voice was cold: “There’s also no chaos clause. You don’t act alone.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2kITx2QYO
Ayo stepped forward.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcVQ0WxZlP
“You two talk about ‘freedom’ and ‘secrecy’ like a code. But you forgot — secrecy without purpose is just silence. Mercy cracked the Order because they were predictable. Now you’re doing the same thing.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKUhtwsTiI
Kwame’s lip curled.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySBqfG8YEP
“You almost got us blacklisted by the girls. You sabotaged the alliance. You played your little card trick for what — a lesson? There are no traitors among us, Ayo. Not anymore.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQpTp7IEpz
Ayo met his eyes — not defiant, but clear.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uWGqphOHQ
“Then I’m not among you anymore.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZrorX3QvM
He turned to Otieno.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg59Ymx6Cm
“I thought you understood. You used to say walls exist to be rewired, not just crossed.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg11r47Io9
Otieno’s jaw tightened — but he said nothing.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRN9AlMuEN
“So go ahead,” Ayo said. “Protect your myths. But I won’t be a shadow in someone else’s war.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zqD5ktEK3
From his jacket, Ayo pulled his blue-thread badge — a signal band used to mark Shadow Walker channels. He dropped it in the lantern flame.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDT0mgbkLE
The thread burned silently, curling into smoke.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73FzQnQRc5
“I'm done pretending we were ever united.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1lyVbJM5o
He walked out.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKWKRET2Y6
The blue thread continued to smoke.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHAvoxHwK3
Kwame didn’t stop him.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEclLu5R14j
Otieno did not speak.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjsZrHSWse
But something in both of them fractured.
The lamplight in Jabari’s quarters flickered as storm winds from the lake whistled through the shutter vents. Jabari stood at the window, silent, watching distant lightning reflect off the rusting chapel dome.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtARQqm4XAt
Musa entered without knocking.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbR72hkRZa
He held no files. No coded messages. Just his voice.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50LaH61xyH
“Don’t exile him.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna0klyoJ1U
Jabari didn’t turn. “He almost detonated the alliance.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xY3rfqA7S
“Because he saw the game Mercy was really playing,” Musa said.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhUq5k7HGe
“Not the ledgers. Not the ciphers. The distraction. The division.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9w8cj4ho1
Jabari finally turned. “He burned our seal. Broke ranks. Lied with his hands.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gl1dS4Itr
Musa didn’t flinch.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3AHNfn6Fw
“But he never lied with his heart.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m3827q4sv
A long silence.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5ji84OKiV
“He’s not Mercy,” Musa said. “And if we treat him like he is… we become her next chapter.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaS0OvogVd
Jabari exhaled slowly; hands clasped behind his back.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDRK4Lh2XD
“He’s out. No operations. No keys. No tunnels.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloC1NJQntQ
Musa nodded.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAy2x0nDKZv
“But?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AbQlNpsB9
Jabari met his eyes.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCB7MjfP1w
“He lives. Under watch and probation. If he so much as breathes another signature, he’s done.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQwMI4Aexp
Musa nodded once.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4UHsBC8T0
“Fair.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK8QiEsd3S
As he turned to leave, Jabari added, quieter:88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYSGsA8Q3H
“He gave you something, didn’t he?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTpHFOwPPq
Musa paused.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjCVdlymkt
“Only this.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xlAvRQwdb
He handed over a slip of paper — a boiler schematic with one corner circled.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPlrApZvRc
“Where the heat doesn’t rise.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgYriEndTX
Jabari places the note into his pocket looking out at the storm again.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70B6x8ttRf
“Then that’s where we look next.”
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The hallway behind the science block was nearly empty.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mU0HtL2ff
Ayo sat on the edge of the broken stone planter, stripped of codes, no longer marked by Shadow Walker ink. His signal thread was gone. His rank — erased.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1heu5ZnhS
The others avoided him.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e3WYnHsig
But Juma didn’t.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmuulD5YgQ
He approached in silence, his boots wet from the storm.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRSWHDJGgy
Ayo didn’t look up.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCdUaRicq2
Juma paused, then — slowly — he knelt.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRWMXgZl2M
“You were reckless,” Juma said. “But you weren’t wrong.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbx8jmfCRp
Ayo blinked. “You hate me.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSrAt1EBKM
“I did,” Juma replied. “But I hate lies more.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwrgVgLnY9
He reached into his pocket and held up an old thread of white string, the kind used to tie prefect scrolls. A sign of truth in original Order traditions — a forgotten symbol.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9lTJyfwIi
He placed it beside Ayo.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfC9EOSFiG
“Blood isn’t thicker than truth,” Juma said. “And truth deserves a second voice.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwF9fQoxmg
Ayo picks up the thread slowly. No words — just a nod.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGds2Ir5Src
From the rooftops, unseen, Musa watches — saying nothing.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCnyZWZMRb
The storm passes over the lake, but its echo remains in the air.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp23RphJhLc
The old boiler room — recently cleaned, repurposed by Jabari into a clandestine projection hall for high-clearance Order discussions. Just past midnight. The lights are dim. The walls still echo with soot history.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjIsf7vx6e
Jabari stands alone at the center, surrounded by Musa, Juma, Otieno, and six remaining upper-tier Order heads. He holds up a flash drive, engraved with a winged sandal — the Order’s first cipher mark.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssuBc7JmcP
“Mercy recorded everything,” he says. “Not to preserve truth. But to rewrite it. This is her first confession.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMzC7ZJaEt
He plugs it into the projector system.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAR00JeXDi
The screen flickers.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyCY102Vff
Mercy appears — younger, sharper, in a classroom-turned-studio. Her voice is calm.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovm2UNjM1H
“I didn’t want to lie. But the wall made it easy. They asked me to archive. I edited.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jhlycxasA
They asked me to expel. I accused.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1YKI9L6RK
The girl from Form 3 never returned. And I never corrected it.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwrtoGPMek
The ledger isn’t a record.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtj2V4eGQO
It’s a grave.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSewaQ5kRrl
And if anyone finds this, I only ask one thing—88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1sbSTms5m
Don’t preserve me. Replace me.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJ45fmckeb
Silence.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd16dektXyQ
Otieno is stone-faced. Musa breathes out slowly. One Order head lowers his eyes.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckgKL5e7c2
Juma steps forward. “That was the truth behind the ledger?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJ6NPcALxz
Jabari nods. “The one we nearly died to protect. We archived a lie.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwMUdSyNE6
He turns to the room.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeYPd7BLla
“You don’t get to carry Mercy’s fire and call it light.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EFHyxwbXB
Jabari draws a circle in chalk on the floor.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6YmLpyFj4
“Step in if you still serve the old Order. Step out if you choose to build what comes next.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO6iVgnlIx
The pause is long. Weighty.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1iGg8BitK
Three members step in. Five steps out.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtLp6OsUc4
Otieno steps to the edge, then deliberately wipes part of the chalk away.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHpwLrNIRk
“There shouldn’t be a circle anymore. Only a path.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdIs6yrYMs
Jabari watches the recording fade to static. He unplugs the drive, places it in a red envelope, and hands it to Musa.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8lnkV4klA
“Send it across the wall. No encryption.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoxs9OGoZz
Musa’s eyes widen. “You want Naomi to see it?”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfzxu9KulN
Jabari’s voice is firm.88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6527uk02U
“No. I want everyone to.”88Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXP4IhiAZST
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