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May 1st, 2051

You wake up with a start and stare at your Magifona. The time now, according to your phone, is 14:38. It's been more than twenty hours since the incident at the train. You take a deep breath and look around, taking in the familiar surroundings of your bunk, but your mind still races back to what happened, replaying the whole thing.

You were picked up by the rescue team an hour after you made your call to HQ; their first priority was to secure the train with the artifact on it and to take out the giant Fiend that you reported in. According to the team, they recovered the train and defeated the Fiend, but the artifact was already missing when they arrived. Since the artifact allowed the Fiends to enter into our world, perhaps more Fiends poured out and took the artifact away? You don't really know.

Regardless, you were grilled for a while at the facility, together with the rescue team as the scientists asked you constant questions about the giant Fiend, questions like its height, your idea on how strong it was, its regenerative ability, and many others that made your head spin after a while. Eventually, after your suit's camera footage was taken, they left you alone, giving you a chance to rest and recover from the incident.

After five hours, you were allowed to go back, and gratefully, you headed to the facility's train station and waited to go back. But while you were standing there waiting, a thought crossed your mind, and you were disturbed by it: the rescue team never mentioned what happened to Morgan. Did they find her or not when they recovered the train? A slight chill ran down your spine. Your thoughts are interrupted by a knock on the door.

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