Chapter 15

Contains spoilers

Overview

Logan leads a covert approach to Omega Labs in flooded Lower Manhattan, scaling 140 Broadway to bypass booby-trapped stairwells. As JTF-Black seizes the operation, he reaches Kara, fatally stops her planned escape with viral auto-injectors, and survives a BASE-jump as the lab self-destructs.

Haunted, Logan escapes through the waterways, discards the injectors from the Brooklyn Bridge, reveals to Edwin that his supposed upgrade was saline, and recommits to act—without sacrificing humanity.

Summary

NYPD detains Nadine at Grand Central as Logan and Edwin link up with bio-SWAT for a raid on Omega Labs at 140 Broadway. Rejecting a drone strike, Logan studies the layouts, then leads a water approach into flooded Lower Manhattan. At Fulton, SWAT confirms IR-shielded floors; four teams stage on stairwells while Logan requests a head start.

To avoid traps, Logan free-climbs the glass facade and breaches the ninth floor with a C-4 charge, patching a lacerated arm. Edwin warns JTF-Black is taking over and inbound by helicopter; Logan ditches comms and ascends, finding stairwells barricaded with concertina wire and claymores. He reaches the 34th floor as a Black Hawk is shot down outside, then enters a live lab and spots Kara and guard Madeline Ortega. Under fire, he uses a breach charge to kill Ortega, deduces Kara’s escape route, and pursues upward.

Logan nonlethally disables SWAT officers Noyes and Brandes, then tracks Kara through the stairwells while stealthing past upgraded guards Deshawn Brown and Rodney Viana. On 44, Kara sprints for an open window with a BASE rig and a bag of auto-injectors. Logan shoots her leg to stop the jump, then center mass when she aims a pistol, disarming her as she reveals the lab will self-destruct in under two minutes.

Logan dons Kara’s harness and secures the injectors. He cradles the mortally wounded Kara in a final exchange as she dies, urging him not to do nothing. Pursuers fire tranq darts as Logan runs and BASE-jumps from the window, gliding over Zuccotti Park while the 34th floor erupts in flames, erasing the lab’s data.

He crashes into flooded streets, sheds gear underwater, and hides until dawn. In a monitored call, Edwin warns BOLOs are out; Logan demands fair treatment for Nadine and reveals the “upgrade” he injected into Edwin was saline. After observing a floating market community at a distance, he swims south, reaches the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk, throws the auto-injectors into the East River, grieves Kara, and resolves to act without dehumanizing means.

Who Appears

  • Logan Ramsay
    Protagonist; leads Omega Labs raid, free-climbs 140 Broadway, evades traps and SWAT/JTF-Black, fatally stops Kara, escapes by BASE-jump.
  • Kara Ramsay
    Antagonist sister; packs auto-injectors and BASE rig to escape; is shot by Logan; dies; triggers lab self-destruct.
  • Bob Noyes
    NYPD bio-SWAT leader; confronts Logan on 34; is tased and restrained during the chase.
  • Aaron Brandes
    SWAT tech and drone pilot; confirms IR defenses; later engages Logan on 34 and is tased, zip-tied.
  • Edwin Rogers
    GPA director; warns JTF-Black has taken over; later receives monitored call; learns Logan injected only saline.
  • Madeline Ortega
    Kara’s armed guard; opens fire with an MP7; killed by Logan’s door-breach explosion.
  • Deshawn Brown
    Upgraded special forces; descends stairwell near Logan en route to engage others.
  • Rodney Viana
    Upgraded special forces; with Brown in the stairwell; avoids direct contact with Logan.
  • Nadine
    Arrested at Grand Central; Logan later urges Edwin to treat her fairly.
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