“It’s been over forty years since the Red Sun became the norm for we humans. Never would we have thought we’d never see a natural sun again. And all this... is because of Talon Stormbane.” The holographic news anchor’s voice echoed across the lab, her tone dry but heavy with implication. “We thought demons would end the world. But no—our end came from one of us. From a Sentinel who pushed too far.” A slow reel of images followed—burnt cities, dry oceans, cracked farmland glowing red under a dying sky. And then came her voice again: “In a quest for immense power, Talon activated an unstable celestial flame. It devoured Earth’s skies, collapsing ecosystems. And in the chaos… he killed Gwen—his wife. David Stormbane’s mother. She died during the Red Sun heat storms.” “The only reason Earth Central still stands is because of her son… the greatest mind of our era.” Click. The hologram shut off with a snap of fingers. David stood quietly, his hand still lowered. The light fro

The forest was silent after the chaos. The demonic beast’s corpse still steamed where it fell, its massive form sprawled between uprooted trees and scorched soil. David stood beside it, panting softly, his twin daggers flickering with residual spirit glow.He looked down at the boy—the unconscious Talon—bloodied, bruised, and clinging faintly to life. The red-haired girl had just vanished through the spatial gate with her guardian. And David… stood still, staring at the boy as something deep within stirred.He didn’t know why he cared. He didn’t even know the boy’s name.But somehow, the sight of Talon bleeding out sparked a sharp pang in his chest—a kind of urgency. A fragment of memory, too broken to form a sentence, whispered in his mind like fog:"You were meant to save him."Since his arrival, he'd lived on instinct. Something deeper than memory told him what to do—when to fight, when to move, when to act. And now, when he looked at the battered boy, something told him: 'Protect