Stefan burst through the doors of Kane Industries at three in the morning, his face pale with urgency. The security guard looked startled at the intrusion, but Stefan''s name was on the authorized visitor list thanks to his recent work helping Camille.


    "I need to get to Hannah Zhao immediately," Stefan said, his voice tight with desperation. "It''s an emergency."


    The elevator ride to the thirty-second floor felt endless. Stefan clutched his phone containing the recording from Pier 47, knowing that what he''d witnessed would change everything. The Guardian''s n would destroy Victoria, Camille''s family, and possibly everyone connected to Kane Industries.


    He found Hannah still in her engineeringb, surrounded byputer screens disying code that looked like digital hieroglyphics. Coffee cups and energy drink cans created a fortress around her workspace, evidence of another all-night session fighting the cyber attacks on Kane Industries.


    "Stefan?" Hannah looked up from her monitors, her eyes red from exhaustion. "What are you doing here? It''s three AM."


    "I recorded Alexander''s meeting with his contact tonight. They''re nning to release false evidence against Victoria in a few hours. Every major news outlet is going to receive fabricated documents iming she''s a mass murderer."


    Hannah''s face went white. "Show me."


    Stefan connected his phone to Hannah''sputer system, pulling up the audio and video from the pier meeting. They watched in horrified silence as the masked Guardian outlined his n to destroy Victoria and anyone protecting her.


    "This is insane," Hannah whispered when the recording ended. "He''s created an entire false narrative with fake evidence, fake testimony, fake financial records."


    "Can you stop it? Can you prevent the story from going public?"


    Hannah''s fingers were already flying across her keyboard, diving into the digitalworks that connected major news organizations. "Maybe. If I can identify how they''re nning to distribute the false evidence, I might be able to intercept it before it reaches the media."


    "How long do we have?"


    "He said by dawn. That gives us maybe three hours." Hannah pulled up multiple screens showingmunicationworks, server farms, and media distribution systems. "Stefan, this isn''t just some amateur operation. Whoever is behind this has professional-grade resources."


    "I know. That''s what makes it so dangerous."


    Hannah began running diagnostic programs, searching for any unusual activity in theworks used by major news organizations. "There," she said, pointing to anomalous data streams. "Someone is preloadingrge data packages to Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal. Scheduled for automatic release at six AM."


    Stefan felt his heart racing. "Can you stop them?"


    "I can try. But Stefan, what we''re about to do is technically illegal. We''re going to hack into news organization servers and delete information before it can be published."


    "Even if that information is false and designed to destroy innocent people?"


    Hannah stared at her screens, weighing the moral implications. "If we get caught, we could face federal charges for cyber crimes. Our word against theirs about whether the evidence was fabricated."


    "Hannah, if we don''t stop this, Victoria could be arrested for murder. Camille''s parents could be destroyed. Senator Alvarez''s political career could be ruined. All based on lies."


    Hannah nodded grimly and began typingmands with fierce determination. "Then we stop it. But we need to be smart about this. If I just delete the files, they''ll know someone interfered and they''ll try another approach."


    "What do you suggest?"


    "We rece their false evidence with the real documents from Victoria''s private archives. We let the truth fight the lies." Hannah''s eyes zed with intellectual fury. "If they want to y dirty with fake evidence, we''ll show the media what really happened fifteen years ago."


    Stefan watched as Hannah worked with surgical precision, identifying each false document in the Guardian''s media packages and preparing recement files. The real court records, the actual safety reports, the genuine testimony from the Meridian Technologies case.


    "This is incredible," Hannah muttered as she analyzed the fabricated evidence. "They didn''t just edit existing documents. They createdpletely fake testimony from victims'' families, forged engineering reports, even manufactured financial records showing bribes that never happened."


    "How sophisticated is this operation?"


    "Government level. Military level. Whoever is behind this has ess to document creation tools that most intelligence agencies would envy." Hannah paused in her typing. "Stefan, this Guardian person isn''t just some grieving rtive seeking revenge. This is a professional operation designed to destroy specific targets."


    Stefan felt cold dread in his stomach. "Which means Alexander is being used by someone with a muchrger agenda."


    "Exactly. And when they realize their media attack has been stopped, they''ll escte to more direct methods."


    Hannah''sputers chimed with alerts as her infiltration programs gained ess to the news organization servers. "I''m in. I can see the scheduled releases. Bloomberg has a package titled ''Exclusive Investigation: Kane Industries CEO Linked to Factory Deaths.'' CNN has ''Breaking: Federal Investigation Targets Corporate Cover-Up.'' Fox News has ''Mass Murder Scandal Rocks Business Empire.""


    "My God," Stefan whispered. "They were going to destroy herpletely."


    "Not were. Are. I''m recing every false document with real evidence right now." Hannah''s fingers moved across her keyboard like a pianist performing aplex symphony. "But Stefan, this is just the first wave. Once they realize their media attack failed, they''ll try something else."


    "Like what?"


    "Direct attack on Kane Industries servers. Attempted assassination of key witnesses. Physical destruction of evidence." Hannah''s voice was grim. "People this sophisticated don''t just give up when n A fails."


    Stefan watched the recement process on Hannah''s screens, seeing false documents being systematically reced with truth. "How long until the news outlets realize what happened?"


    "Not until they try to publish at six AM. By then, instead of fabricated evidence against Victoria, they''ll have real documentation showing the Meridian Technologies factory explosion was caused by Richard Pierce''spany, not Kane Industries."


    "Will that be enough to clear Victoria''s name?"


    "It should be. The real evidence is pretty clear about who was responsible for the safety vitions." Hannah looked up from herputers. "But Stefan, we need to warn Camille about what''sing. If the Guardian realizes his


    media strategy failed, he might


    target her directly."


    Stefan was already reaching for his phone when Hannah''sputers exploded with new alerts.


    "What''s happening?" Stefan asked.


    "Someone else is in the system. They''re trying to stop what I''m doing." Hannah''s face was pale concentration as she fought a


    real-time cyber battle. "ta with


    the


    Guardian knows we''re interfering. He''s trying to prevent me from recing his false documents."


    On the screens, Stefan could see digital warfare happening in real time. Files being uploaded, then deleted, then re-uploaded. Security protocols being activated and immediately bypassed. Two highly skilled hackers fighting for control of the truth.


    "Can you win?" Stefan asked.


    "I don''t know. Whoever this is, they''re good. Really good." Hannah''s typing became more frantic. "They''re trying to lock me out of the Bloomberg server. If they seed, at least one major news outlet will publish the false story."


    Stefan watched helplessly as the battle raged across Hannah''s screens. Green text indicating sessful file recements mixed with red warnings showing failed attempts and security blocks.


    "There!" Hannah shouted suddenly. "I''ve got administrative ess to the CNN server. The false documents are deleted and reced with real evidence."


    But even as she spoke, new alerts appeared. "They''re retaliating. Someone is trying to crash Kane Industries'' entirework. If they seed, they could destroy all our internal systems, including Victoria''s private archives."


    Stefan felt panic rising in his chest. "What do you need me to do?"


    "Call Camille. Tell her to get to Victoria''s hospital room immediately. If they can''t destroy us with false media reports, they might try a more direct approach."


    Stefan dialed Camille''s number as Hannah continued her digital battle. The phone rang once, twice, three times before Camille''s sleepy voice answered. "Stefan? It''s three-thirty in the morning. What''s wrong?" "Camille, you need to get to Victoria''s hospital room right now. Someone is nning to attack her, to attack all of you. Hannah and I are trying to stop them, but you need to be with Victoria in case they try something physical." "What are you talking about?"


    "The Guardian, Alexander''s contact. He nned to destroy Victoria with false


    media reports this morning. We''re stopping the cyber attack, but he might escte to violence."


    The line went quiet for a moment. "Are you serious?"


    "Dead serious. Please, just get to the hospital. Bring security. Don''t trust anyone


    you don''t know personally."


    "I''m leaving right now."


    As Stefan hung up, Hannah let out a triumphant shout. "Got them! I''ve reced all


    the false documents across every major news tform. When they try to publish


    at six AM, the real story wille out instead of their fabricated lies."


    "Is it over?"


    Hannah''s expression was grim as she monitored her screens. "No. Look at this."


    She pointed


    to a


    a new data stream showing massive file transfers from


    an unknown source. "Someone is uploading gigabytes of new evidence to smaller news outlets,


    blogs, social media tforms. They''re flooding the inte with false information faster than I can stop it."


    Stefan felt despair creeping in. "Can you stop all of it?"


    "Not all of it. But I can make sure the major outlets have the truth." Hannah''s voice


    was determined despite her exhaustion. "Stefan, we need help. This is bigger than just the two of us can handle."


    "What kind of help?"


    "Federal help. FBI cyber crimes division. This operation is too sophisticated for


    amateur hackers. The Guardian has resources that suggest government or military training."


    Stefan nodded, pulling out his phone again. "I''ll call Senator Alvarez. If anyone can get the FBI involved quickly, it''s him."


    As Stefan dialed, Hannah continued her digital battle, fighting to protect the truth


    while the Guardian''s false evidence spread across the inte like a virus. Outside the windows of Kane Industries, dawn was beginning to break over Manhattan. In a few hours, the business world would wake up to discover either the truth about Victoria Kane or a carefully crafted lie designed to destroy her.


    The oue depended on whether Hannah''s skills were enough to defeat an enemy with seemingly unlimited resources and no moral boundaries.


    The digital war for the truth had begun, and everything Camille loved hung in the bnce.


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