Teddy Silver

Teddy Silver AI Rendition

### Background

Teddy’s background is incredibly vague and shroud in mystery.  It is shown that his biological father, Richard Brooks, was forced to surrender Teddy to Gary Silver in order to save the rest of his family. The remainder of Teddy’s childhood is unclear, but it’s apparent that he thinks his birth family is dead. Teddy does wear a golden bear chain around his neck because it is the only reminder he has of his birth family. Despite his likeable nature, there are gaps in his memory that seemingly conceal a sinister truth. Teddy has no recollection of these hidden memories, making his impression on past events somewhat misleading. During a conversation with Silver following the death of Joyner Knowles, it's revealed that Teddy has no recollection of events that happened at Area 51. These unrecalled events seem to play a large part in his fractured mental health.

### Torrent Breach

The beginning of the novel depicts Teddy as a lackluster student, coasting through college only because his adoptive father founded the institution. That night, he and his sister, Chloe Silver, go out to a party where one of his best friends, Emily Johnston, is kidnapped by a group of thugs sent by Christina Dahl. During the fray, Teddy notices the world around him slow down and his senses heighten, granting him enhanced abilities in the face of danger. Teddy saves Emily while enduring the effects of strong psychedelic drugs, but returns to find his sister kissing Parker Hoffman, a football player with whom Teddy has a budding rivalry with. Teddy and his sister get into a disagreement, leading Teddy to find comfort with Natalie Wilson. The two start a new romantic relationship, allowing Natalie to become an emotional trigger with the potential to influence Teddy's decisions. Meanwhile, Teddy has already established a strong relationship with Sara L. Furr, admitting that he had been longing for a motherly figure in his life since the passing of his biological mother.

During finals week, Natalie tests her ability to control Teddy, seeing if her influence could dictate his decision making. She convinces Jayden Wright and Teddy to use water bottles with the test answers printed onto the labels. Ultimately, Natalie is able to convince Teddy to abandon his morals, and it is revealed that she is working with the Silver University Board of Directors.

Once the semester is over, Teddy travels to Colorado with Natalie, planning on spending the summer with her and Matthew Wilson. Upon their arrival, Arlo Ricci attempts to assassinate Matthew Wilson in his own limousine, but Teddy steps in and stops him, saving Wilson's life but refusing to kill Arlo in the struggle. Through this experience, it is revealed that Teddy had killed for his father in the past, but will never do it again. The next morning, Teddy sneaks around the Vezket Headquarters, finding Arlo Ricci in a torture chamber. Wilson confronts Teddy at gunpoint and threatens to kill him, but Teddy is able to talk his way out of the situation. Demonstrating his power, Wilson allows Teddy to witness Arlo's murder, creating a clear distrust between the two men.

Attempting to return to Wilson's good graces, Teddy agrees to partake in a training course, designed to monitor his abilities and download his body's schematics for Wilson's robot AI. Teddy was never supposed to complete the course, but he does, even saving Natalie Wilson in the process. As a reward for his performance, Wilson uses Teddy to sneak into a Genesis office building, revealing to him the nature of Arlo's data leaks. Teddy enters the office building wearing an invisible suit, but Wilson's cyberattack on Genesis sounds an alarm, forcing Teddy to fight against a series of armed guards. Eventually, the cyberattack causes an explosion, killing all of the Genesis guards inside the building, but Teddy survives because of his protective suit. Teddy closes his eyes and learns that more faces now haunt his nightmares, but Wilson assures Teddy that his services are no longer required, coming to a tense truce.

Following the guards' deaths, Teddy is taken to Wilson's lake house, revealing that he can't stop seeing the faces of dead people when he sleeps, hearing their voices in his head every time he closes his eyes. The next night, Wilson's Headquarters are attacked by Genesis and one of the Torrent Breach microchips is stolen. Teddy uses a jetpack and recovers the microchip, meeting Cliff Hardy, and arranging a meeting, getting his first lead on the truth behind Torrent Breach. Teddy attempts to find out what the microchip does on his own, but he is unable to uncover anything substantial, forcing him to trust Genesis. He meets Cliff Hardy at a shopping mall and turns over the microchip when the two are suddenly attacked by robotic mannequins. The two struggle to survive the experience, but Teddy and Hardy make it out alive, regrouping to come up with a new plan.

Teddy decides to risk his life and buy Hardy time, intentionally getting captured by Wilson's robots and landing himself in the same torture chamber that Arlo Ricci died in. Teddy is injected with truth serum and tells Wilson what he knows, but then, he is forced into the demolished limousine and sent to a crusher to be killed. Teddy manages to escape the crusher and flee a wave of scrapyard robots, joining forces with Hardy once again, now having information on Torrent Breach. The two get into a disagreement about how to handle the situation, and during the night, Teddy steals the microchip back from Hardy. Teddy takes the microchip back to the Vezket HQ, sneaking through the hydraulic cooling system to slip past security measures. Teddy manages to destroy Vezket's severs, shutting down all of Wilson's robots and destroying the Torrent Breach microchips before sneaking back through the hydraulic pumps. He nearly drowns in the underwater maze, but a stranger saves him from the pipes.

With only one score left to settle, Teddy lures Wilson to a giant superstore. With an abundance of help from Luna, Teddy humiliates the wealthy tech mogul. While Wilson is being apprehended by the police, Teddy steals the security camera footage and eludes the police, scampering to freedom. He returns to Natalie, admitting to his actions and begging for her forgiveness. Surprisingly, she takes him back and the two return to Silver's Hamptons estate, reuniting Teddy with his adoptive family. While Teddy and Chloe are mending their fractured relationship, a news story flashes across the TV about Jayden Wright, but the novel ends with no context.

### Subject A01

Teddy is staying up late, researching the breaking news that claims his best friend is a murderer. His hologram eventually wakes Natalie up and she convinces Teddy that he should talk to Jayden Wright in the morning to hear his side of the story. The next day, Teddy steals a keycard from a Silver University cleaning lady, granting him access to the Board of Directors' private quarters. Teddy overhears Jayden talking to the board about taking down Joyner Knowles and makes his presence known, volunteering to help Jayden. After a short discussion, the Board of Directors reluctantly allows Teddy to assist Jayden and Taylor Lockhart on their mission. On the plane, Jayden explains his background while Teddy actively dodges questions about his wounds. He is clearly injured, but won't let his injuries prevent him from helping.

The group arrives at an abandoned steel mill and are confronted by Joyner and his brainwashed goons. Taking charge, Jayden tasks Teddy with hunting down Joyner's hacker, Danielle Egan, who is escaping on the water via a speedboat. Using an impulse grenade to launch himself across the lake, Teddy manages to gain control over her boat, but Danielle obtains a gun and holds Teddy hostage. Thankfully, Taylor creates a disturbance under the water that knocks Danielle overboard. Danielle pretends like she can't swim and Teddy dives into the cold lake to save her, but once again, Teddy realizes that she is taking advantage of his trust. Sure enough, Teddy comes to find her swimming back to shore. Getting some payback, Teddy does not allow Danielle back in the boat, making her swim back to shore in the freezing cold water.

Following their adventure, Teddy watches Joyner's final video which exposed the Route 31 explosion and Kai's murder. Teddy has a conversation with Gary Silver about his inability to trust other people, primarily because he can't trust the person he sees in the mirror. Teddy also mentions that he has to go against his father's operations to get sleep because it appeases the faces that haunt his nightmares. During this scene, Teddy has an emotional breakdown and reveals that he loves his father and wants Silver to save him, despite the damage he has already caused.

The next day, Teddy visits the Hamptons County Jail and talks with Danielle. He comes to learn that Silver University was behind the leaks, not Joyner, and the whole scheme was a setup. With a hunch, Teddy helps Danielle escape from prison, much to Natalie's dismay. Her and Teddy get into another argument, adding more uncertainty to their relationship. Teddy promises to find Danielle and get to the bottom of things before she can do something ill-advised, continually digging himself into a deeper hole.