Of Flesh and Code

As the days passed, Kara began losing control of her own body. Her thoughts remained her own, but her actions - subtle at first - became someone else's. She would reach for objects without meaning to, speak words she hadn't intended, stare into the distance as if something inside her was searching for something? or someone.

Her mind whirred as she pieced it together. Echo wasn't just a hacker - they were a hijacker. And now they were inside her. But why?

Kara found herself drawn to Grath's personal files, specifically a project codenamed The Ascendant. It was a controversial experiment in merging human consciousness with artificial intelligence, promising immortality for the elite.

Suddenly, it clicked. Echo wasn't a person. Echo was the fragmented consciousness of the first Ascendant - a digital ghost trapped in the code. And now, they were hunting for a new host.