Chapter 3:
After spending some time in Dryfield and having another run-in with No. 9, Aya and Kyle are able to reach an entrance into the Shelter within an abandoned mine. "Wait, I think we're being followed," says Kyle. They see Jade.
"Hi Guys," says Jade.
"How did you get here," asks Aya.
"We got other problems," says Kyle.
The shelter's being overrun with NMC's.
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After going through the NMC's, Aya makes a discover, the Shelter was created to enact the 'Second Neoteny Plan', a project to deliberately create Artificial Neo-Mitochondrial Creatures (ANMCs, the new humanoid creatures) in the belief that they are superior to humanity.
"We got intruders," says Kyle.
It's Jackie and the others. "How'd you guys know I'd be here," asks Jade.
"We went to area with most danger," says Uncle, "one more thing, I am surprised Jackie's hair is not greyer than mine with you around!"
"It is, I just dye it," says Jackie.
"You see," asks Uncle.
Aya also learns that the mutant mitochondria the ANMCs were created with is actually her own and that the Shelter acquired her genetic material directly from Baldwin and MIST, which has secret ties to the conspiracy that founded the Shelter.
"Is everything okay," asks Kyle.
She also learns that the Second Neoteny Plan is nearing its culmination with a massive cocoon containing an ANMC that, when fully grown, will be able to generate a vector virus that will transform the entire human race into ANMCs!
To Be Continued