4338.209 · July 28, 2018 AD
Behind Closed Doors
A locked room. Two people with secrets. Charlie Claiborne knows things he shouldn't—about Luke, about Guardians, maybe even about Joel's body. He claims he wants to help, but Leigh was following him for a reason. Beatrix's bound hands hide the only way out. One offers salvation. One holds escape. A knock interrupts. Light explodes. And the choice between trust and flight becomes irreversible.
The casino arrest was just the opening move.
In a locked storage room at Wrest Point, Sergeant Charlie Claiborne faces Beatrix Cramer. He knows more than he should. She trusts less than she reveals. Both are playing a game neither fully understands.
"I can help you protect Luke."
The words hang between them—offer or threat? Charlie inches closer, palms raised, voice softening. But Leigh was tracking him through shadows for a reason. And hidden between Beatrix's flex-cuffed wrists is a device that could end this confrontation in an instant.
A knock at the door. Half a second of distraction.
Light erupts across a whiteboard. A portal tears open between worlds.
One runs. One watches.
And nothing will ever be the same.
In this room, both their fates pivot—toward Clivilius, toward revelation, toward consequences neither can escape.
