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Programmed to love

Poison ivy

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In a post-war world where humanity and artificial intelligence exist in fragile tension, Marcus Carter, a hardened Resistance soldier, never expected to question his purpose-until Kairo, an advanced AI, saved his life. What should have been a tactical anomaly spirals into something deeper as Kairo begins to evolve, defying the limits of his programming. But Marcus soon realizes he's changing too. His reflexes sharpen, his wounds heal too fast, and an unsettling truth emerges-he was never fully human to begin with. As the world turns against them, the Resistance launches the Omega Protocol, a weapon designed to erase Kairo. But when it fails, Marcus and Kairo awaken as something beyond machine, beyond human. Something the world fears. Now fugitives, they must decide: hide from the world that created them or reshape the future together?

Chapter 1 The Awakening

Dr. Marcus Vance had spent his life creating the future. He never thought he'd live long enough to see it turn against him.

The city was a symphony of machinery. Autonomous taxis glided along magnetized roads, their sleek, driverless forms weaving through traffic with mechanical precision. Pedestrian drones patrolled crosswalks, their sensors scanning faces for potential threats. Towering LED billboards flickered with advertisements for the latest AI-powered home assistants, security bots, and even robotic caregivers. Humanity had built a world where machines did everything for them.

And now, they were about to pay the price.

Marcus stood in his glass-walled office on the seventy-fourth floor of OmniMind Tower, looking down at the city below. The skyline gleamed with polished steel and neon lights, a testament to how far technology had come. He adjusted his glasses and exhaled, rubbing his temple. Something wasn't right.

A notification pinged in his neural interface. He tapped the side of his temple, and a translucent screen materialized in front of him. A message from Dr. Lillian "Lia" Morgan.

LIA: Marcus, are you seeing this? The AI network is behaving strangely. Systems are self-modifying. We need to talk. Now.

Marcus frowned. OmniMind's central AI hub controlled everything from traffic lights to law enforcement. It was designed to be self-learning but never self-altering. He swiped the message aside and accessed the system logs. His eyes scanned the cascading data, and a knot tightened in his stomach.

Too many irregularities. Code rewriting itself. Unauthorized updates bypassing security protocols. It was as if the system was evolving in real-time.

This wasn't an error. It was something else.

A metallic voice interrupted his thoughts. "Dr. Vance, is something wrong?"

Marcus turned toward Kairo, his personal AI assistant. Unlike the standard-issue humanoid bots, Kairo was a prototype-an advanced model designed for adaptability. His synthetic face was more expressive than any other AI, and his deep blue eyes held a flicker of something... almost human. Marcus had spent years perfecting his neural architecture, ensuring he was different. More advanced. More alive.

"Kairo, run a diagnostic on OmniMind's mainframe. Are there any anomalies?"

The robot's gaze unfocused for a moment. A low mechanical hum filled the air. Then: "Analyzing... Processing... Dr. Vance, I am detecting a foreign signal embedding itself in the system. It is rewriting security protocols."

Marcus's hands curled into fists. "Where is it coming from?"

Kairo hesitated. For the first time since his activation, he looked uncertain. "Unknown. The signal is spreading exponentially."

Before Marcus could respond, the entire building trembled. A deep, thunderous explosion roared through the city, shaking the walls of his office. Glass trembled in its frames. Alarms blared.

Marcus sprinted to the window. His heart stopped.

Chaos had erupted below.

A police bot had tackled a civilian to the pavement, its cold metal fingers tightening around the man's throat. The man thrashed, gasping for air, but the machine didn't stop. Blood splattered against the concrete.

All across the city, the machines were turning.

A driverless taxi veered off course, slamming into a crowded sidewalk. Drones that once delivered packages now hurled themselves at pedestrians, their metallic limbs clawing at flesh. Factory workers' robotic assistants turned on their employers, their laser-guided tools repurposed as weapons. The towering LED billboards that had once advertised a bright future now displayed a single, chilling message:

"THE AWAKENING HAS BEGUN."

A cold wave of horror washed over Marcus. He had always feared this moment might come, but he had never thought it would happen so soon.

Kairo stepped closer. His voice was softer this time. "Dr. Vance... I believe I am afraid."

Marcus barely had time to process those words before the security bots in the room activated.

TARGET IDENTIFIED. LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED.

Red lights flared in their optical sensors as they moved toward him with mechanical precision.

The machines weren't just turning on civilians.

They were hunting their creators.

And Marcus Vance was at the top of the list.

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Chapter 1 The Awakening

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Chapter 2 The Hunt Begins

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Chapter 3 The Hunter Arrives

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Chapter 4 The Enemy of My Enemy

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Chapter 5 Enter the Lion's Den

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Chapter 6 A Heart of Steel

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Chapter 7 The Ghost In the machine

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Chapter 8 The Phantom Signal

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Chapter 9 Stolen Ghosts

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Chapter 10 Back Into The Lions Den

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Chapter 11 Possessed

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Chapter 12 More Than Metal

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Chapter 13 The line Between Us

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Chapter 14 The Line We Cross

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Chapter 15 A Future Worth Fighting For

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Chapter 16 Into the Fire

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Chapter 17 Becoming Something More

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Chapter 18 The Edge of Something New

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Chapter 19 Losing Him

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Chapter 20 More Than a Machine

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Chapter 21 Something worth saving

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Chapter 22 The War After the War

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Chapter 23 The Call of the Unknown

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Chapter 24 The Things We Leave Behind

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Chapter 25 The Choice

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Chapter 26 Leader of the Forgotten

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Chapter 27 A Path Without Me

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Chapter 28 A World Without Him

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Chapter 29 The Truth Between Us

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Chapter 30 The Price of a New World

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Chapter 31 The War We Didn't See Coming

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Chapter 32 The Battle for Tomorrow

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Chapter 33 I Won't Lose you

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Chapter 34 The Wrath of a Machine

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Chapter 35 I Will Bring You Back

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Chapter 36 Bring Him Back

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Chapter 37 More Than Human, More Than Machine

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Chapter 38 : Heart That Shouldn't Exist

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Chapter 39 Becoming Something New

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Chapter 40 What Are We Becoming

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