EPISODE 4: THE AMBASSADOR ## CHAPTER 1: THE TOUR Sarah began her public campaign in the heartland. Not the coasts, not the cities where the Protocol had support—but the places where resistance was strongest, where fear of the unknown ran deepest, where people had the most to lose and the least reason to trust anything that came from Washington. Her first stop was a community center in rural Nebraska, where three hundred people had gathered to hear her speak. The crowd was hostile before she even began—signs outside proclaimed "NO ALIEN TAKEOVER" and "HUMANITY FIRST," and the faces inside were set with suspicion and anger. "I know what you've heard about me," Sarah began, her voice steady despite the sea of hostility. "The scientist who sold out humanity. The woman who wants you to give up your minds to alien creatures. The traitor." The crowd shifted, some nodding in agreement, others waiting to see where she was going. "I'm here to tell you my story. Not the government's story, not the media's story—my story. What I saw, what I felt, what I believe. And then you can decide for yourselves whether I'm telling the truth." She talked for two hours. She told them about her research, her disgrace, her recruitment by the Division. She described the descent, the structures,...