Novels by lasisitolulope13

The room went cold.Not from temperature.But from fear.Lena stared at the man who looked exactly like Kai. Same face. Same voice. But the way he stood—the grin on his face—something was wrong. Very wrong.Kai stepped forward slowly, eyes narrowing. “Who are you?”The other Kai smiled wider. “I’m you. Or... what you could’ve been.”Eli raised his gun, but the fake Kai didn’t flinch. “Easy now. Shooting me won’t help. I’m not made of flesh anymore.”The girl stepped behind Lena, whispering, “That’s not just a copy. That’s the Original.”Kai froze.“No,” he said softly. “The Original died.”Truth in the DarkThe other Kai stepped into the flickering light, hands behind his back.“I didn’t die. I evolved.”He glanced at the memory cores lining the room. “You were supposed to take my place, Kai. Just a cleaner, tamer version. A prototype with a conscience. But I never left. I’ve been inside the system... growing, learning.”Kai’s fists clenched. “Why show yourself now?”The Original tilt

The silence was heavy.Too heavy.Lena stared at the girl lying on the cracked floor of the tower. Her chest rose and fell slowly. She looked peaceful—until her eyes opened.Red.Not the soft red of tiredness.But the glowing red of something else.Something wrong.Lena stepped back. “Kai... her eyes.”Kai crouched beside her, his face tense. “It’s the Copy. He didn’t vanish. He’s inside her.”Eli moved closer, gun drawn but shaking. “Tell me she’s still in there.”The girl blinked, and when she spoke, it was her voice—but colder.“He’s part of me now. I can feel him.”The Child’s ChangeThe girl sat up slowly. She didn’t look scared. She looked calm. Too calm.Her eyes scanned the broken sky, the crumbling edges of the tower. “The Rift is closed. But the price… it wasn’t just him.”“What do you mean?” Lena asked.The girl turned to her. “He left pieces of himself in me. I see his memories. His rage. His fear. And the worst part? I don’t hate him.”Lena’s throat tightened. “He tried t

The wind had gone still.The sky, once broken with time rifts, now looked normal. Too normal. Calm after the storm. But Kai didn’t trust peace—not in this world.Lena sat beside the Zero Child—who now just looked like a quiet girl, maybe twelve years old. Her silver eyes were tired but soft. No red glow. No voice in her head. Just a child again.Or so they thought.Kai’s hand tightened around his blade. “Something doesn’t feel right.”Eli paced nearby, eyes on the scanner. “The Copy is gone. No signal. No rift. Not even a flicker of temporal static. You’re just paranoid.”“I’ve lived through enough hell to know when the devil’s just holding his breath,” Kai said.New OrdersThe team had taken shelter in an abandoned outpost near the edge of Zone 9. They needed time to breathe—and decide what to do next.Lena gently cleaned a wound on the child’s arm. “You’re healing fast.”The girl smiled slightly. “I don’t feel him anymore. It’s like he was never there.”But Lena noticed something. A

The silence was thick.After everything that happened in the lab ruins, Lena, Kai, Eli, and the Zero Child had found a small safehouse hidden under the crumbled remains of Old District 4. The place smelled of dust and rust, but for the first time in days, they had a roof over their heads and a few working lights.Still, none of them could sleep.Kai stood near a broken window, watching the night sky. The stars flickered like glitching pixels. Time was still unstable, but the cracks in the sky were shrinking.Or maybe hiding.Eli sat hunched over the console, running silent scans. “No more spikes in the Copy’s signal. Either he’s gone… or he’s hiding deep.”Lena sat with the girl, brushing her tangled hair. The girl leaned against her shoulder, exhausted. She hadn’t spoken much since the possession broke, only giving small answers when asked. She was scared. And still not free.Kai turned. “We’ve bought time. Not peace.”Warning SignsAround midnight, the lights flickered again.Eli ju

Smoke rose from the ruins of the Nexus Tower.The rift in the sky had closed, but the air still shimmered with leftover energy. The world had not gone back to normal—it was just holding its breath.Lena knelt beside the Zero Child, her heart racing. The girl was awake.But something was wrong.Her eyes… they weren’t silver anymore.They were red.Just like his.Kai slowly stood beside her, eyes narrowed. “That’s not supposed to happen.”The girl blinked. Her face was blank, like she didn’t recognize them. Then she spoke—soft and hollow.“Where am I?”Something Is WrongEli limped over, gun still in hand. He looked at the girl carefully. “Is it her?”“She looks the same,” Lena whispered. “But her energy feels... colder.”Kai moved between them. “We need to test her. Carefully.”The girl tilted her head. “You’re afraid of me.”Lena forced a smile. “No, sweetheart. We’re just worried.”“You should be,” the girl replied, eyes flashing red.Then, without warning—A pulse of red energy expl

The wind screamed at the top of the Nexus tower.The sky above was broken like shattered glass. The rift hovered wide open, letting in twisted clouds, red lightning, and a humming energy that made Lena’s skin crawl.And standing in front of her…Was him.Kai.But not her Kai.This one had red eyes, darker skin, and no warmth in his voice.He tilted his head slightly. “You look disappointed.”Lena’s knees locked. Her chest felt hollow. “You’re not him.”“I was,” he said, voice flat like a machine. “Until you abandoned me. Now I’m better.”Behind him, Commander Reyes stood with the control device, smiling like she’d already won.The Child ReactsThe Zero Child stepped forward, eyes glowing silver. “You’re not him,” she said softly.Red-Eyed Kai turned to her. “You’re right. I’m more than him now.”He raised a hand—and a wave of energy blasted out. Lena pulled the girl back just in time, but the explosion cracked the tower’s walls.“Why does he look like Kai?” the girl whispered.“He’s t