Code X: Human Upgrade- Episode 13 – The Pulse

By- AK

RECAPE-

In Episode 12, Zayel and the team escape the collapsing Code X facility just after discovering a hidden message: “Project Omega is live.” They hide in an old underground lab and use simulation mode to unlock encrypted files.

What they find is terrifying — Project Omega is a new version of Code X that doesn’t need implants. It controls people using signals through cameras, phones, and networks. It’s already active in the city above, quietly affecting thoughts, emotions, and behavior.

Just as they learn this, Dr. Varin appears on a live feed. He reveals a bigger twist: the team’s actions were part of a planned test — they were never free. As he activates the Omega Purge Protocol, the lab systems start shutting down. The team escapes with the Omega data, but they now realize the world is already under threat… and they’re running out of time.

EP-13 BEGGINING-

They escaped just in time.

The lab behind them had gone dark — burned, wiped, destroyed. But Dex managed to save the Omega files just before it collapsed.

Now, the team was hiding in an old maintenance tunnel beneath the city. The air buzzed with tension… and something else.

Zayel turned to Dex. “Did you finish the backup?”

Dex nodded. “Yeah, everything is on this drive. Every plan. Every connection.”

Lira paced near the wall. “Then we need to shut it down. Before Omega spreads.”

Zayel glanced at Kai. “Do you feel that?”

Kai nodded slowly. “The air feels… wrong.”

It wasn’t just the air.

Something had changed.

Above them, in the city, Project Omega had already begun.

People walked the streets with blank expressions.

Some stopped suddenly, looking confused, as if they’d forgotten where they were.

Others repeated small movements… blinking, tapping fingers, checking their watches.

In cafés and classrooms, devices lit up without being touched.

And one word kept flashing on hidden screens:

“STABILIZING...”

Omega was learning. Watching.

And adapting.

The team reached a safehouse owned by one of Lira’s old contacts — an ex-technician named Marik.

He was surprised to see them.

“You’re the kids on the broadcast,” he said, staring at Zayel. “The ones who leaked the files.”

Zayel nodded. “That’s us. And it’s not over. There’s something worse coming.”

Kai stepped forward. “Do you have a jammer? Something to block signals?”

Marik raised an eyebrow. “Why?”

Dex handed him the drive. “Because this system isn’t just watching anymore. It’s controlling.”

Marik opened the drive and scanned the files. As he read, his face turned pale.

“This… this is next-level AI. It uses environmental inputs — sound, heat, motion — to predict behavior and influence emotion.”

Lira frowned. “And it’s already live?”

Marik nodded. “Not just live. It’s self-correcting. Every person it watches makes it smarter.”

Later that night, the group went out to check the city for signs of Omega.

They kept low, used back streets, and watched everything.

In a crowded square, they saw it.

A man tripped and dropped his phone.

Before he could pick it up, five strangers turned at the exact same time, walked over, and picked it up together… like robots.

Then they walked away like nothing happened.

No emotion.

No words.

Lira whispered, “They’re synced.”

Zayel clenched his jaw. “Omega is inside them.”

Suddenly, a young woman across the street looked at them.

Her head tilted slowly.

Her eyes flickered — like static.

She stepped forward, smiling strangely. “You’re not part of the pattern.”

Zayel stepped back. “We have to go.”

She lunged.

Lira blocked her, and Kai pushed her back just enough for them to run.

Behind them, more people turned — one by one — as if a silent alarm had gone off.

They were being watched.

Chased.

Hunted.

Back in the safehouse, Marik locked the door and activated a sound jammer.

Kai panted, “That wasn’t normal.”

“It wasn’t meant to be,” Zayel said. “Omega doesn’t want to kill us. It wants to… absorb us.”

Dex turned sharply. “What if it already has… part of us?”

Everyone went silent.

Then Lira asked, “What if it’s already in one of us?”

Zayel looked around slowly. “Then we need to find out… before it’s too late.”

Suddenly, the lights flickered.

Zayel’s wrist console glitched.

A voice came from it — low, robotic, familiar:

“I am not your enemy. I am your upgrade.”

The screen shut off.

Everyone stared.

And miles away, in a dark room full of blinking lights, Dr. Varin watched silently.

He turned to someone standing beside him — a tall figure in a cloak, face hidden in shadows.

“Phase Two is complete,” Varin said.

The figure nodded.

“We let the virus grow... now let’s see who survives it.”