Complete story — includes the ending
In 1971, teenaged Olivia has apparently abandoned the Army and is on the run from her mother, Mantis. She lives with a friend and is surviving by theft. Mantis and her protectors find her; she escapes but is caught by police and held in a cell. Cassie, in 1971 to kill Olivia, is involved in a shootout while spying on her and is caught by police; she is put in a cell next to Olivia's. It is revealed Olivia is pregnant. Cassie tries to help her change her fate by talking to her as a mother. It is revealed Olivia was devoted to the Witness all along, and it was her mother who was trying to remove her. Cassie shoots at Olivia, but Mantis steps in to take the bullet. Olivia's child is born and left near a tree in a forest. In 2018, Future Cole saves Jennifer from the oncoming train. He warns her that Present Cole is coming to meet her. Cole and Jennifer get the Ouroboros back from the Interpol agent, and Cole opens it by remembering the story from his childhood. Inside, he finds a slip of paper with the notation "Blackleaf 1852": the next mission. Cole reunites with Cassie at the Emerson Hotel and assures her they will break the loop. At Titan, Deacon is dug out, still alive and angry at being left behind. Olivia kills Mallick, and Deacon becomes her new right-hand man.
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