— Fast‑Paced & Action‑Forward)Fireworks, crowds, and national pride fill the Capitol Plateau — until a rogue transmission hijacks the celebration. When the great bell cracks and the plaza erupts in chaos, Cohort Seven receives a message they were never meant to see.The signal leads Arin, Mira, and Jace to a decommissioned tower hiding a truth powerful enough to rewrite the nation’s future. The 250th Anniversary isn’t a ceremony. It’s a warning. And the teens are the only ones who heard it.