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21— The Hour of Defeat
The silence in the office grew heavier, so dense it felt like pressure on the chest. Reynolds clenched his jaw and was about to reply—he had to insist, he needed to—Mike and Hilary’s information was too important, a matter of life and death, vital for humanity’s survival. But at that moment, the lights in the air base began to flicker. At first, it was just a weak blink, like a power failure. Then, a few seconds of complete darkness.Hilary straightened in her chair, alarmed.“What the hell…?”The flickering continued, growing stronger, until the lamps overhead began to hum with a sharp, grating sound. Outside, in the hallway, came shouts and hurried footsteps.Mike felt it before anyone could explain it: a deep shiver crawled down his spine, like an internal roar. His vision blurred for an instant, and then, in his mind, came flashes: shadows falling from the sky, colossal structures tearing through the clouds, and a metallic rumble blending with the ancient voice he had heard on the
20 — Laughter Amid the Storm
The next morning, the sun timidly filtered through the clouds that covered the air base. The dampness of the dew filled the air, and in the area designated as a recreation field, Mike, Matías, and Emily were already playing soccer. The three of them played lovingly, as if, from one moment to the next, Mike and Emily had forgotten what had happened the previous night upon the pilot’s return. Emily was enjoying her little brother like never before, since she had always been an only child.The ball rolled from one side to the other, with Matías laughing loudly every time he managed to dodge his father. Emily, though not very skilled with her feet, joined the game with enthusiasm, tossing her hair back every time the wind blew it into her eyes. The field was nothing more than a grass plot marked with lime and with improvised goals, but for them, it was enough: a reprieve, a moment in which the family wounds seemed to fade amidst all the chaos.“Goal!” Matías shouted when the ball slipped
19 — The Price of Return
Night fell over the base, tinting the hangars and metallic corridors with a deceptive calm. The constant hum of the generators accompanied the silence, broken only by scattered conversations in the main dining hall, where everyone was gathered.Mike walked in with heavy steps, like a man carrying an invisible weight. He picked up a metal tray and sat beside a group of soldiers he didn’t know. Young men, some with scars on their faces, others with the vacant eyes of those who had seen too much in too little time. They exchanged jokes and trivial remarks, but Mike barely touched his food. His mind was still trapped in Amanda—her tears, her reproaches, that wall between them that seemed impossible to tear down.He never imagined his return would be this disastrous.As he chewed a piece of stale bread without appetite, a movement across the hall caught his attention. Hilary. She was sitting at another table, bathed in brighter light, surrounded by a group of soldiers who seemed to be comp
18 — Shadows of Betrayal
Amanda pulled herself slightly away from Mike’s arms, her eyes brimming with tears and her heart pounding furiously in her chest. Her breathing was ragged, not only from the emotion of their reunion, but also from the bitter sting of doubt piercing her mind.“Answer me, Mike…” —her voice broke, trembling with both anger and pain— “Is that boy yours?”The silence became unbearable. The surrounding soldiers, even Reynolds, lowered their gaze in discomfort, aware that this moment didn’t belong to them. Some even began to drift away to resume their duties. Hilary, her face tense, gripped Matías’ shoulders and drew him close, trying to shield him from the inevitable outburst.Mike closed his eyes for a moment, breathing deeply, as though preparing to face a storm more dangerous than any they had weathered in the skies.“Amanda… I never wanted you to find out this way,” he began, his voice heavy, laden with unbearable weight. “On the island… things weren’t easy. Ten years is a sentence when
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The roar of the engines thundered like a caged storm in the throat of the metallic beast by the time Mike powered up the plane. For a few minutes, the pilot thought he had forgotten how to fly a military aircraft—something clearly very different from a commercial plane. However, the instant his eyes fell on the control system of the machine, it all came back to him.Mike turned the keys and pressed the necessary controls, hesitating for a moment, wondering if, after ten years, that plane would still respond. Then, the cockpit lit up with flickering flashes, the systems slowly coming to life, recovering bit by bit from their deep slumber, as though the machine were awakening from an eternal lethargy.At last, Hilary climbed inside, shutting the hatch behind her and locking it to avoid accidents. She sat beside Mike, her hands gliding over the controls with a blend of nostalgia and hard-earned certainty. Her fingers trembled, but the moment they touched the familiar buttons, confidence
16 — At Last, the Time Has Come
Ten Years LaterTen years had passed since that encounter with the Alpha. Ten years of training, of wounds that refused to heal easily despite the torrent of magical power coursing through his body, of battles against nightmare creatures that seemed to rise from the very island itself as if they were guardians destined to test him. Ten years in which Mike Hamilton had learned to control the force that burned in his veins—the same force that had transformed him that night when everything changed.Now, standing on a beach shrouded in thick mist, Mike faced his final battle. The creature that challenged him was unlike any he had fought before: an alien who had come forward willingly, as if summoned by fate itself, to face Mike at this precise moment.A wandering warrior who had followed the trail of the Alphas, and upon learning of Hamilton’s destiny, decided to test him with the strength of his own race.The blows cracked like thunder. Each clash of fists raised columns of wet sand. The
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