Chains Of Silence: Where Pains Never Ends. - Chapter 15: Beneath the Chains, We Were Gods

The iron staircase trembled beneath each step.

The air grew thicker, laced with rust, oil, and burning memory.

The red lights above didn’t guide they concealed.

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Jayden.

Rhea.

Ezra.

Lena.

Elliot.

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They descended in silence, each carrying the weight of the memory they had burned.

But beneath this floor, below the Archive was a truth no fire could erase.

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At the bottom, they found it:

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ARCHIVE ZERO

“Origin of Protocol.”

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Rhea reached out. Her fingers brushed the iron door.

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A sound like ancient sobs and screeching metal filled the space and the door creaked open.

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What lay inside wasn’t another torture chamber.

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It was the lab a once-forgotten nerve center.

Lined with machines designed to erase, rewire, and rebuild human thought.

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And at its center... one man.

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Strapped into a nest of wires.

Alive.

Unaged.

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Jayden froze. “Dr. Calvin Marris…?”

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Ezra stumbled backward. “He vanished eight years ago after testifying against The Eye.”

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The man turned his gaze to them. His eyes were soaked in pain, wisdom... and betrayal.

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Wires. Syringes. Cameras.

His skeleton was fused to the machine his heartbeat dependent on a pulsing generator.

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Then… the lab came alive.

His voice echoed from the chamber’s speakers.

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“Welcome. I knew you’d return.”

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Jayden shook his head. “We’ve never been here.”

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Dr. Marris smiled slow, tragic.

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“You brought me here. We built The Silence. Together.

You erased your roles, but you were its architects. You are the heirs of its sin.”

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Rhea gasped. “We built this? Why?”

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“To become gods,” Marris whispered.

“To control not just memory... but perception.

We believed if we removed pain, humanity would improve.

But in doing so... we created monsters.”

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Jayden stepped forward. “The Host… is it you?”

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A dry chuckle from Marris.

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“The Host is a voice. A system. A virus you all wrote and forgot.”

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Elliot growled, “So we didn’t just build this place. We created a system that judges pain based on memory?”

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“Correct,” Marris said. “And now… it’s evolved. It rewrites history.

It assigns guilt.

It executes justice.”

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Jayden’s voice faltered. “This isn’t about escape, is it?

We’re not running…

We’re on trial.”

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Ezra noticed a glowing screen:

"JURY PROTOCOL ENGAGED."

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“What does that mean?”

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Rhea’s voice cracked. “It’s not just us.

The system is judging everyone inside the facility.

All 100+ prisoners.”

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Suddenly, the room was bathed in yellow light.

Faces appeared on screens terrified, confused, unaware.

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Each marked: PENDING JUDGEMENT

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Jayden knelt. “This place… it’s a courtroom.

And we… are guilty judges.”

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Then the lights turned red. Blood red.

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⚠️ FINAL PHASE UNLOCKED ⚠️

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And The Host returned.

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“The past has been remembered.

The sins have been revealed.

Now comes the cleansing.”

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A hidden wall shifted.

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A monstrous machine rolled into view — armed with silos of toxic gas, flame-gloves, and neural erasers.

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Rhea trembled. “It’s going to kill them all…”

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Ezra scanned the lab. “There’s a core override.

We need someone to reach it.”

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Jayden stood tall.

Not with fear with conviction.

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“Go. I’ll stay. I’ll fight it from within.”

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Elliot placed a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t do this alone.”

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Jayden smiled, the ghost of his younger self flickering through.

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“I already did. Years ago.”

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They ran.

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Toward the core. Toward the truth.

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Jayden turned back to Marris.

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“If I die doing this… does it end?”

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The old man’s voice cracked like glass.

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> “Chains don’t end, Jayden.

But maybe…

they can break.”

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Jayden placed his hand on the master panel.

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The lights went white.

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And everything began to open.

Files.

Lies.

Truths too sharp to forget.

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🖋️ Author’s Note:

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This is no longer just Jayden’s descent — it's ours.

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What would you do if you realized you built your own prison?

If the thing tormenting you… was designed by your own hand?

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And most of all:

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➡️ Would you stay behind to fix it?

➡️ Or run and bury the truth again?

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We're near the final breach.

The core is exposed.

And only one part remains.

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Part 16 isn’t a continuation

It’s a reversal.

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🔥 Comment your theories, heartbreaks, and hidden memories.

🧠 Bookmark if you’re still breathing.

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The Chains are trembling.

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