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Location: Venosa, an unknown location high in the mountains
The snow was falling quietly, but the atmosphere was far from peaceful.
An old cabin nestled among the rocks... its windows covered with layers of ice, and the sound of the fire in the fireplace echoed the sound of slowly approaching footsteps.
Franco finally sat up... after all.
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Irina (placing a warm towel over his head):
"It's been a week since the fall of Nereth... and you're still talking in your sleep."
Franco (slowly opening his eyes):
"I was dreaming... that I ate pizza without olives... and the crime was complete."
Marco (laughing):
"It must have been a nightmare, because even a dream isn't worth living like that."
Savio (entering the door):
"All we need now... is one answer: Who's left of the Zacrota?"
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Luca (looking at a portable screen):
"According to our last signal… there's a weak transmission coming from North Venosa… a cryptic voice, repeating every hour: (Z-Prime… counting begins)."
Colombo (grimacing):
"Z-Prime?"
Rocco (raising an eyebrow):
"A name that sounds like a pill… or a mad leader."
Franco:
"The last name on the list of founders… known only as Z."
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Flashback – Fifty Years Earlier
In a dark laboratory… a man wearing a silver mask appears, his eyes glowing a pale blue.
Z (looking at babies in test tubes):
"I'm creating an elite… Inhumans. Franco… will be the first, the rest are postponed projects."
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Back to the Present
Irina (looking at the screen):
"The message is linked to an ancient device… We need to crack the code quickly."
Marco:
"Leave it to me. My experience opening locked pizza vaults helps."
Franco (smiling weakly):
"We saved the world, and now we're waiting for encrypted pizza from an unknown leader... I feel elevated."
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Hours later...
The team hacks into the feed. A grainy video appears... A deep, echo-like voice echoes in a dark tunnel.
Z (off-screen):
"You were definitely in my game... And now the final round begins. Seven days... And you'll learn what the real crown means."
Savio (in a low voice):
"Does he mean... the Crown of Venusa?"
Luca:
"The Crown of Command... Control over the entire network of robots that are still asleep."
Franco:
"Seven days then... Before Venusa is turned into a new laboratory."
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The next day - during training
Marco tries to teach Franco how to use an old laser sword.
Marco (raising the sword):
"Focus... This sword isn't for show, it's for situations where you can't tell a joke."
Franco (holding the sword):
"Okay... And what if there's a situation where I need to tell a joke while I'm fighting?"
Marco:
"Then... tell the joke after you cut off the hand."
Rocco (laughing):
"Or cut off the hand so he doesn't applaud the joke!"
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Final Scene - In the Darkness
An old surveillance camera shows an image of an underground room, containing a stone table, and on top of it... a faceless man wearing a dark cloak, holding a small device that shows the faces of Franco, Marco, and Savio.
Z (whispering):
"Gather as you wish... But history isn't changed by heroes; it repeats itself... with greater pain."