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Chapter 10: The Fablekill Directive
Ash drifted through Emberpoint like a second silence.Even after the light from Bryn’s last scream had faded and the static echoes of corrupted data ceased, the team remained haunted—each bearing the weight of what they had seen in the depths. A Null not consumed, but erased on her own terms.Lyra sat in the command node, silent, sorting fragments of what little data Kieran recovered from Bryn’s collapse. Skye tinkered with one of the turrets, but her movements were mechanical. Mira—normally distant and eerie—now clutched her knees and muttered words in loops too fractured to follow.And Kieran… stared at the wall where her image still flickered.Subject B – Status: REMOVED.Echo Flame: Archived.Fablekill Protocol: Pending.At 03:12 local node time, the Vault shuddered. Not from external impact.From code.Kieran’s HUD glitched, every display flickering before the Override insignia appeared, burned into the interface like a scar.Core Signal Override Detected.FABLEKILL PROTOCOL ONLI
Chapter 9: The Echo Depths
The first step beneath Emberpoint was like crossing into another world.Steel gave way to obsidian. Clean circuits morphed into jagged, fractured lines of corrupted data. Lights flickered unpredictably, casting distorted shadows along walls that hummed with old, unspoken grief.Kieran led the way, his blade drawn but low. Beside him, Skye moved like a ghost, every step measured. Behind them, Lyra checked every motion tracker while Mira—barefoot and humming again—walked as if she’d been here before.System Warning: Sub-layer anomaly detected.Signal: Fragmented Null Pulse — Proximity 2.2kmEnvironment: Suppressed Override Zone / Echo Contamination Level: Critical“This place isn’t just abandoned,” Lyra muttered. “It was sealed. Maybe even condemned.”Kieran’s panel buzzed faintly, skipping every few meters.“The system can’t read this level properly,” he said. “It doesn’t know if it exists—or ever did.”Skye whistled low. “Glitched reality. Beautiful.”“No,” Mira whispered. “It’s remem
Chapter 8: Children of the Broken Code
Silence had never sounded so loud.The aftermath of battle always came with noise—moans of the wounded, whirring repairs, systems rebooting. But this… this was different.Kieran sat on the edge of the Emberpoint command deck, a cracked energy blade across his knees, watching the child they’d found sleep under heavy sedation. A medical node pulsed quietly nearby, running vitals, though even it struggled to interpret the readings.Skye stood at his side, arms crossed.“She’s… not normal.”“That Wraith didn’t even touch her,” Kieran murmured. “It hesitated. Then crumbled.”Skye nodded slowly. “I’ve seen Override protocols adapt mid-fight. I’ve seen them devour minds and recompile memories. But fear?” She gestured toward the child. “This is the first time I’ve seen the system scared.”Lyra moved through the ruins of the war chamber, assisting tech-recovery drones and checking on structural integrity.Most of the heavy damage was confined to the lower corridors. They’d already salvaged thr
Chapter 7: Ashfall Stand
Override Beacon: ActivatedWarhead Squad ETA: 01:59:56Objective: Defend Ash Vault until override signal expires.If successful: Territory claimed – Resistance Base: EmberpointIf failed: Total annihilationKieran stared at the countdown.Just under two hours.That was all the time they had to turn a scorched military dump into a defensible fortress against a system strike team designed to annihilate legacy traces.The echoes of WRAITH’s retreat still burned in his mind—her final words twisted with warning.“This isn’t an execution. It’s a warhead drop.”01:55:09 – Preparing for WarThe Ash Vault, once a Blackwell testing bunker, still had a skeleton of functionality: pressure doors, reinforced platforms, a few half-operational defense turrets that buzzed erratically when touched.Skye moved like a ghost, checking every blind spot.Lyra barked orders with an old soldier’s confidence, waking up dormant terminals and rerouting power to external gates.Kieran stood at the center, map pul
Chapter 6: The Forgotten Flame
The moment Kieran activated the beacon, the countdown began.Override Broadcast DetectedNode 03 Termination Scheduled: 12:00:00Current Target: Node 03 – “The Forgotten Flame”Location: Ash Vault Subgrid | Clearance: RestrictedThe air felt heavier. The war had truly begun.Kieran stood atop a derelict comm tower overlooking Glen Sector 12—a husk of a district scorched by the last system war. Every building bore fire damage or was riddled with bullet holes, and the underground entrances were sealed or buried.“An ex-military Echo Node,” Skye said, scanning the map, “hiding beneath an incinerated city block. How poetic.”“How do we get in?” Kieran asked.She tapped the interface. “There’s a single access tunnel through an old heat disposal conduit. Problem is… it’s Override-patrolled.”“Then we go through them.”He didn’t say it like a threat.He said it like a promise.Meanwhile…Far below Glen’s outer shell, in the metallic bowels of the Ash Vault, a figure moved with precision thro
Chapter 5: Echo War
The system’s interface hovered before Kieran, glowing with quiet menace.Choose Next Protocol:– Echo War: Raise a resistance, find other legacy wielders.– Bloodline Cleanse: Destroy every node tied to Blackwell tech.His chest ached. His ribs felt cracked, and his left hand trembled from the last strike, but the real weight lay in those two blinking options.One path was vengeance—simple, burning, final.The other… was rebellion.Skye knelt beside him. “If you pick Echo War, you’ll have to build something. You’ll make enemies… and allies. You’ll risk becoming a symbol.”Kieran stared at the flickering prompt.He could almost hear his father’s voice again:“We built the system to rule. If it falls into wrong hands, it becomes a cage.”The cage was already here. And someone had to break the lock from the inside.He tapped Echo War.The screen rippled.Path Selected: Echo War – Resistance Formation Protocol OnlineNew Objective: Locate and Activate ‘Echo Nodes’ (Hidden system users bo
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