The watch: .
A TACTICAL AGENT (40s, buzz cut) speaks through an earpiece: AGENT (V.O.) > Kai. Talk to me. Where is it? Kai doesn't answer. She’s counting.
A disgraced bomb technician is pulled back into action when a terrorist known as "Chronos" plants a "time bomb" with no physical device—a sequence of public events triggered by precise temporal coordinates, forcing her to stop time itself. TIMEBOMB FADE IN:
She pulls the blue wire—free from the terminal.
At , a subway grate rumbles. Pressure builds.
KAI (30s, sharp, exhausted) stands in the middle of it all, eyes fixed on a cheap digital watch. Not hers. Taped to her wrist.
Cheers over the radio. Kai exhales.
Kai runs. Not toward the tower. Toward the depot. AGENT (V.O.) > Kai, that’s the kill zone! KAI > The timer isn’t on the bomb. It’s *in my head*. She slams into the depot’s side door.
The watch face shows: .