The underground facility was unlike anything Sara, Jabir, or the others had ever seen — a fortress carved deep beneath the earth, hidden from every satellite, every intelligence agency, even history itself.
Thick steel walls, surveillance systems decades ahead of any government technology, airlocks, emergency blast doors — this wasn't a bunker.
This was a kingdom beneath the dirt.
The convoy's arrival was silent, no grand welcome — just the cold embrace of darkness as the massive entrance doors sealed behind them.
For a moment, Sara felt the weight of the earth pressing down, suffocating — but one look at Mirshad, still unconscious, reminded her why they were here
Inside the medical chamber, a team of scientists, doctors, and genetic experts — some hired from secret military programs, others pulled from black-ops biotech labs — stood waiting.
Mirshad lay on the examination table, his body hooked up to advanced scanners that mapped his cells in real-time.
The lead doctor removed his mask, looking directly at Faisal, Rayyan, Malik, and Ameer.
Doctor:
"I've seen biological weapons. I've seen enhanced soldiers. I've seen the aftermath of nuclear exposure."
He swallowed hard, his voice shaking.
"But I have never seen… this."
The holographic projection above Mirshad's body flickered — showing his DNA sequence constantly rewriting itself, adapting, strengthening, evolving every second.
Doctor:
"He's not just human anymore. He's… something else. Something we don't even have a name for."
Sara's voice broke the silence.
"What does that mean for him?"
Doctor:
"It means if we do nothing — the power inside him will burn him alive or turn him into a weapon even he can't control. His body is fighting itself, his cells either adapting or self-destructing."
Rayyan:
"So what do we do?"
The doctor stepped closer, lowering his voice.
Doctor:
"We have to rewrite him — piece by piece. His mind, his muscles, his reflexes, even his personality. We have to forge him into something that can survive his own power — or else that power will destroy him, and all of us."
Faisal stepped forward, his voice low but absolute.
Faisal:
"Then do it. Use every resource, every scientist, every piece of technology we have. I don't want him to just survive — I want him to become the most beautiful, the most dangerous, the most intelligent force this world has ever seen."
Malik:
"And if anyone interferes — they die before they even know his name."
Ameer:
"We will give him a new identity, a new face — even the world won't recognize him when he rises."
Rayyan:
"I'll secure the facility. No one comes in, no one goes out, until he's ready."
Faisal:
"But one thing…"
His voice softened.
Faisal:
"He's not just a weapon. He's our son. Our brother. Our future. Treat him like a ghost — one that will haunt anyone who dares to touch him."
As the brothers stepped out to plan the next phases, Sara stood in their path.
Sara:
"We're not leaving."
Faisal:
"Sara, this isn't your fight anymore."
Sara:
"No, Baba. This fight became ours the moment Mirshad walked into our lives. We're not leaving him. Not now, not ever."
Jabir, his hands trembling slightly, stepped beside her.
Jabir:
"We'll do our part. Whatever it takes."
Rayyan:
"They're right. The world outside isn't safe for them. They stay."
Faisal:
"Then it's decided. From this moment forward — we all live underground. No more sky. No more sunlight. Until Mirshad is ready."
In the underground command center, a massive holographic table flickered to life.
Mirshad's transformation plan appeared — every step broken into phases:
Phase 1 - Physical Reconstruction (Bone density enhancement, muscle fiber rewiring, cardiovascular evolution)
Phase 2 - Neural Expansion (IQ enhancement, memory amplification, combat instinct programming)
Phase 3 - Power Synchronization (Unlocking and balancing his powers, integrating them with his human form)
Phase 4 - Identity Rebirth (Complete facial reconstruction, new fingerprints, new iris patterns — the world would never know the old Mirshad again)
Phase 5 - The Ghost Protocol (A.I. integration directly linked to Mirshad's mind — his guardian, his digital empire builder)
Rayyan looked over at Faisal.
Rayyan:
"This isn't just a transformation. This is the birth of something the world has never seen."
Faisal's hand rested on the table, his fingers tightening into a fist.
Faisal:
"This isn't the birth of something new, Rayyan."
He looked towards Mirshad's chamber, where the boy lay still, his fate being rewritten.
Faisal:
"This is the return of something ancient — something even fate can't control."
"PROJECT GHOST KING: PHASE ONE - INITIATED."