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The tiny cry echoed through the underground chamber.For a heartbeat, everyone froze.It was there.Faint.Fragile.Alive.Then—Norka’s entire body suddenly became rigid.“Ethan…”Linda’s voice immediately changed.“…Something’s wrong.”Without warning, Norka began trembling.At first it was subtle.Then stronger.Then violently.Her legs shook uncontrollably against the bed.The medical rails rattled from the force.Karpeta tightened her grip on her hand.“Auntie!”“Norka!”“Can you hear me?”Another violent tremor ran through Norka’s body.Her breathing became shallow.A small amount of saliva escaped from the corner of her mouth.Elsa instinctively stepped backward.“Oh my God…”Linda’s eyes darted across every monitor.“Her blood pressure is dropping.”“No…”“Wait…”“The readings are fluctuating again.”Norka’s head tilted back.Her eyelids fluttered.Then her eyes rolled upward.For one terrifying second—she stopped responding.Karpeta’s face lost all color.“…Auntie?”No respo
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Karpeta’s voice broke.“…Auntie Norka?”Norka didn’t answer.Her legs trembled uncontrollably beneath the blanket as another pulse of crimson light swept through the room.Linda’s eyes darted between the monitors.“…The resonance is destabilizing again.”Ethan looked toward the tray of alchemical reagents.There was one option left.One he had never intended to use.His jaw tightened.“…There’s another catalyst.”Linda looked at him.“The one marked Black-7?”He nodded.“I’ve never administered it.”Elsa frowned.“Then we don’t use it.”Ethan remained silent.Another surge rolled through Norka’s body.She cried out weakly.“I… can’t…”The monitors emitted another warning tone.Linda swallowed.“…If her aura collapses now, both life signatures become unstable.”The room fell into a heavy silence.Karpeta looked from Norka to Ethan.“Can it help?”Ethan answered honestly.“…I don’t know.”“You don’t know?”“No.”He looked at the small vial.“It was designed to stabilize violent resonanc
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The room fell silent.Only Norka’s breathing broke it.Fast.Uneven.Painful.Ethan never took his eyes off the shifting resonance surrounding her.The bridge he had created was holding—but only barely.The crimson aura kept trying to surge outward before folding back in on itself.Linda stared at the monitor.“…The stabilization is slowing.”Ethan nodded once.“I know.”Another contraction tore through Norka.She cried out, her entire body arching.“Ethan!”His eyes moved rapidly between the aura display and Norka herself.“…No…”Elsa looked at him.“What?”“The baby’s aura isn’t descending.”Linda frowned.“What does that mean?”Ethan answered immediately.“It means this isn’t progressing like a human birth.”He took one slow breath.“I need to encourage the resonance to change direction.”Karpeta looked at him.“How?”Ethan’s gaze drifted toward one of the old cabinets built into the wall.“There are alchemical reagents in the emergency vault.”Linda immediately walked toward it.
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Ethan stepped closer.“Norka.”She looked at him.“I can’t stop it.”“You don’t have to.”Her eyes widened slightly.“What?”Ethan placed one hand gently against the edge of the bed.“I’ll stabilize it.”Linda immediately looked at him.“Ethan, be careful.”He nodded.“I know.”Elsa frowned.“How?”Ethan didn’t respond.Instead, he closed his eyes.The room became strangely quiet.Even the alarms seemed distant.For a moment, Ethan stopped focusing on the chaos around him.He focused on the energy itself.The same way he had learned to read opponents.The same way he had survived impossible situations.Not by overpowering.By understanding.A faint mark appeared across his palm.Elsa noticed first.“…Ethan?”Karpeta looked over.“What is that?”Ethan opened his eyes.“A control technique.”Linda stared.“You never mentioned you had one.”“Because I rarely use it.”The mark slowly expanded.Thin lines of light traveled from his hand across the bed frame, forming a complex pattern aroun
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Nobody answered.Because nobody knew.Norka suddenly cried out again.This time the sound was different.Not simply pain.The air itself vibrated with it.Every instrument in the room trembled.The concealment arrays briefly pulsed.Linda’s eyes widened.“The facility is reacting to her aura.”Ethan immediately walked to the control console.He adjusted several containment settings.“Increase internal dampening.”The system complied.Additional seals activated throughout the room.The humming grew louder.For a few seconds…Everything stabilized.Then another contraction came.Stronger.Norka gripped the sides of the bed.“I can’t—!”“You can,” Ethan said firmly.“I don’t know how!”“We’ll figure it out.”She looked at him through tears.“You don’t even know what you’re doing!”A brief silence.Then Ethan answered with complete honesty.“…No.”Everyone looked at him.“I’ve studied emergency medicine.”“I’ve prepared this facility.”“I know how to respond to complications.”He took ano
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The last concealment array locked into place with a low hum.A soft green light swept across the medical bay.CONCEALMENT STATUS: STABLE.EXTERNAL DETECTION: NEGATIVE.Ethan looked at the display for only a second.Then all of his attention returned to Norka.She was breathing harder now.Much harder.Another wave of pain hit her without warning.“Ah—!”Her cry echoed through the underground chamber.Karpeta immediately took her hand.“Aunty Norka!”“I’m here!”“Look at me!”Norka shook her head violently.“It hurts!”“I know!”“It burns!”Linda checked the monitors, her brow furrowing.“…That’s unusual.”Elsa looked over.“What?”Linda pointed toward one of the displays.“Her body temperature isn’t rising.”“It’s… fluctuating.”The numbers kept changing.Thirty-seven.Forty-one.Thirty-two.Thirty-nine.Again and again.As if her body couldn’t decide what normal was anymore.Ethan stepped beside the bed.“What about her heartbeat?”Linda stared at another screen.“…Two rhythms.”Elsa
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