In the quiet of Union Station at 2 a.m., Logan buys two hyperloop tickets to New York, choosing secrecy over the official raid he’d announced. He tells Nadine that Edwin is compromised and that they must act alone. As the pod accelerates, Logan dims the smart-glass and texts Edwin, then confronts Nadine, accusing her of being reached by Kara.

Nadine eventually confesses: Kara approached her in Tulum the previous summer, revealed Logan’s history, argued the planetary stakes, and personally upgraded Nadine. Nadine then helped Kara source willing super-spreaders via MYSTIC. They argue ethics—Logan rejecting a plan that knowingly kills many versus Nadine’s fear of human extinction—while Logan warns she’ll be taken into custody at Grand Central.

Edwin returns a broad list of candidate Lower Manhattan labs; Logan asks to filter for towers over 500 feet. Sensing Nadine’s intent, he seizes her handbag and discovers engineered Asian giant hornets. Nadine deploys them, explaining they’re keyed to Logan’s pheromones and carry inland taipan–grade venom. Logan splits his focus, controls his fear, and physically captures both hornets, biting off their heads before Nadine can escape.

Logan restrains Nadine and begins a rapid, data-driven interrogation, reciting the shortened list of companies while reading microexpressions, pulse, and blood pressure. Her involuntary reactions isolate the target: Omega Laboratories. Logan texts Edwin for complete floor plans, asserting that aiding Kara would have destroyed Nadine.

As the pod slows and New York’s fractured skyline appears, Logan prepares for Nadine’s custody at arrival and for an immediate move on Omega, having turned a lethal ambush into actionable intelligence.