Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Echoes of Betrayal 

The debriefing session back at the command center had left the team on a high note, but the gravity of their mission's success lingered heavily. Sophia knew that capturing Artemis was just the beginning. Dismantling the Nexus would require more than just evidence; it would demand unraveling a web of power and influence that spanned continents. The next morning, as the sun crested over the cityscape, she found herself poring over the data they had recovered from Isla Sombra.

Ethan was beside her, his fingers flying over the keyboard as he decrypted the files. "This is huge," he muttered, scanning through lines of code and information. "There are names here, contacts, accounts... the whole operation is laid out."

Sophia leaned over his shoulder, absorbing the magnitude of what they were seeing. "We need to move fast before any of these people realize what's happened. If they scatter or go underground, we'll lose our chance to bring them all down."