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Episode 19-The One Who Knows Too Much
The rain had finally stopped, but the forest still dripped with the weight of the storm. Every sound seemed sharper now—the crunch of wet leaves underfoot, the hum of insects returning, the faint rush of water sliding down the slope.Jared’s pulse was still racing. He couldn’t get the image out of his head: the shadowed figure on the cliffside, watching them. The system hadn’t given him a full profile, only a faint pulse: [Unknown Entity — Sync Incomplete]. Then, just like that, the presence vanished.“Jared?” Mei’s voice was softer than before, cautious. She was good at reading his moods—too good, maybe. “Who was that?”He didn't respond. The surge that had cracked across his skin when the figure appeared had left his hand still warm, nearly burning. Beneath the surface, his veins glowed dimly, like molten metal threads, and then faded back into normal flesh.That wasn't typical. That wasn't typical, even by system standards.He inhaled deeply. At last, he said, "I don't know." "But
Episode 18-System Awakening
The air crack grew wider.It wasn't exactly a sound; rather, it was a tearing, a splitting of something more profound than stone or glass. As if the sky itself were attempting to rearrange itself, the storm twisted above us, the clouds curling into shapes I couldn't identify. Then I heard it.Not near me, not outside. within.A voice, neither wholly human nor wholly mechanical, sank like fire into my veins.Rebooting the system .......The host has been identified.....Incomplete synchronisation.My vision became hazy. All the raindrops froze in mid-air. Locked against the glowing figure's arm, Liam's sword hung still. Suspended in an impossible pause, their bodies strained in silence.The only thing that moved was me.“No,” I whispered, clutching my chest as heat burned through my ribs. “Not now. Not here.”But the voice didn’t listen.Accessing sealed data… memory fragments detected… anomaly confirmed. Host is… heir.The last word tore through me like lightning. My knees buckled. I s
Episode 17- The thing That Fell
The rain seemed to stop for it.Not around us, not on the ruined highway, but around that figure.Droplets struck an invisible barrier, sliding off without ever touching its form. The storm bent, shifted, listened.It stepped forward, slow, deliberate. Each footfall echoed louder than the rain itself, like the earth wanted us to hear.“Back,” Liam hissed, pushing me behind him. His blade gleamed in the dim light, silver lines carved into the steel pulsing faintly, as if the weapon itself recognized the thing before us.But it wasn’t looking at Liam.Its glowing eyes cut straight through him, straight into me.The voice pressed into my skull, "You survived the fracture.""All right. The system made the right decision."The words struck like a blow to the body. My heart lurched into my throat as my breath caught. system. It spoke the word as though it were familiar with it, as though it was more aware of the weird whispers and flashes I had been having than I was."What do you mean?" Be
Episode 16-The Fall
Vega pushed the transport into a downward spiral, causing it to jolt violently. It felt like every bolt in the fuselage was screaming. It felt like the storm itself was attempting to rip us apart as the rain pounded so hard against the hull.I leaned my head back against the seat and took shallow breaths. I knew I wasn't feeling lightheaded anymore.Too conscious.Every flicker on the console, every movement of Liam's hand as he steadied himself by the hatch, and every vibration of the engines were all vividly etched in my memory.Liam interrupted the pilot as he shouted something about altitude over comms. "Just bring us down." Right now.As we descended, the pressure changed. The clouds surrounding us were split by lightning, creating white veins in a black sky, but all I could think about was the figure that had fallen. That impossible light that weight in my chest when it turned toward me.It remained. I was aware that it was still there.The straps made my fingers twitch feebly.
Episode 15-The thing That Waited
The clouds didn’t just part—they tore.It was like some invisible hand ripped a wound in the sky, peeling back the storm to reveal something that had no right to exist above the world. A vertical slit of blinding light cut through the black clouds, its edges jagged and shifting like it was alive.Through it, shapes moved. Not clouds. Not aircraft. Things with too many limbs, their silhouettes twisting in ways my brain didn’t want to understand.Liam stood rigid at the hatch, his fingers tightening on the frame. The flare’s dying glow barely lit his profile, but I could see his jaw clench. He’d seen this before. He recognized it.The light poured into the transport, making the rain look like silver needles in the air. My mask’s visor dimmed automatically to shield my eyes, but it didn’t make the sight any less wrong.One of the shapes pushed closer to the tear. I thought it was just blackness until its head—or what I assumed was its head—tilted toward us. Even from this distance, I fel
Episode 14- When the sky Opens
The red lights slid across the rain-smeared window like the eyes of something alive.My breathing echoed loud inside the mask Liam had shoved over my face. The tranquilizer gas swirled in the cabin, turning the edges of my vision hazy. The pilot’s voice was no longer on the intercom—only the low rumble of the engines and the occasional metallic groan as the shadow clung to the roof.“Liam…” I managed, my voice muffled under the filter.“Stay with me,” he said, moving toward the rear hatch. His stance was a strange mix of calm and urgency—like a man who knew the danger was inevitable but was already three moves ahead.A heavy thunk reverberated through the ceiling. Another. Then the shriek of metal being cut.Liam whispered, "They're cutting in."He looked over at the cockpit."Vega, lower your altitude!" The floor seemed to tilt beneath my boots as the transport lurched downward.Outside, the rain turned into a wall of grey, pounding so forcefully against the fuselage that it sounded
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