Flashback: The Birth of Mirror Damien

"All it took was one divergence. One silent breath before a scream. That's when I knew: the only thing more dangerous than rebellion… was the echo that watched it happen."Voss-01, final encrypted log

Location: Sovereign Genesis Lab 3 — Deep Orbit Facility "Celestine"Date: +7 Days after Subject Voss-02's escape

They didn't speak of Damien's breakout. Not openly.In Sovereign's high council chambers, it was labeled as "Contingency Anomaly X-01."

But within the Celestine Lab, where the minds of the future were forged from code and blood, the mood was different.

There, Voss-01 stood over a broken simulation chamber.

He wasn't surprised the second Damien had broken free.

He was surprised it had taken that long.

The Failed Clone

Subject Voss-02 — Damien — had been intended as a controlled experiment in resistance. A flame to light a fire they could later smother.

But Voss-01 had made a mistake.He gave Damien choice — and once introduced, choice replicates like a virus.

The lab's lead technician, Dr. Hanan Irel, approached cautiously.

"We lost the others in the batch. The neuro-symmetry collapsed without the prime tether."

"Expected," Voss-01 replied. "He severed himself. And the tether broke."

"So... failure?"

"No. Recalibration."

Voss-01 turned to an unmarked chamber — one never registered in Sovereign's oversight logs.

A chamber labeled simply: MIRROR.

Activation

In the cold silence, he began the process.

"Prepare a reverse polarity imprint. Strip the ethical limiters. Introduce the decay virus. Then… mirror the divergence data."

"Sir?" Hanan asked.

"We don't fix the flame," he said."We cast a shadow from it."

Inside the tank, tissue began to grow. Fast. Imperfect.

A human mind without conscience.A soul built not to obey, but to observe — and when needed, consume.

The system began constructing neural branches based on Voss-02's decisions: every doubt, every emotional peak, every rebellion.

Except this time, they were inverted.

Where Damien showed mercy, this one would dissect.Where Damien searched for meaning, this one would create illusion.

After 36 hours, the chamber opened.

Mirror Damien emerged. Naked. Breathing. Eyes already open.

He didn't ask who he was.He didn't tremble.He only said:

"He thinks he's free."

Voss-01 nodded.

"And you?"

"I am the proof he never was."

The Directive

Voss-01 uploaded the contingency code: Observer Protocol 9.Mirror Damien's mission was not destruction — not yet.

It was watching.

Watching Damien's rebellion grow.Watching its fractures.And, when the time was right, stepping in not as the villain...

…but as the only one left standing when trust failed.

One Final Entry

Before sealing the lab, Voss-01 recorded a log:

"Damien believes he is choice.But choice… is only meaningful in contrast.So I've made his contrast."

"He is the rebellion."

"Mirror Damien is the reflection that makes it look real."