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Chapter 15: The Suicide Squad
Everyone turned to stare at the Herald, who was flickering between its humanoid form and its true shape as reality continued to destabilize around them."What do you mean?" Marcus asked.*"The Devourer expects you to come alone. It has designed you as a solitary bridge, a single point of failure it can corrupt and control. But what if you brought others? Beings it did not account for, connections it did not plan for?"*Sophia caught on first. "You're talking about creating a team. Multiple bridges working together, spreading the dimensional stress across several anchor points instead of one."*"More than that. I am suggesting that Marcus's greatest strength—his connections to others—could become a weapon. If he enters the Devourer's realm accompanied by those he is bonded to, their combined presence might create a pocket of stable reality within the entropy. A foothold from which to strike."*"That's completely theoretical," Sarah said. "We have no idea if it would even work.""As opp
Chapter 14: When Gods Bleed
The tactical team's weapons were useless. Marcus knew it before they even tried, but the captain gave the order anyway. Bullets passed through the wound in the sky like raindrops through fog, disappearing into the wrongness without effect."Fall back!" the captain screamed into her radio. "All units fall back! We need—"Her words cut off as the presence from beyond reality reached down. Not physically, but with something worse. Intent. Purpose. Hunger that had consumed entire dimensions.Marcus felt it touch his mind, and the contact nearly shattered him.*BRIDGE. FOUND. MINE.*The voice wasn't language, wasn't communication. It was inevitability, a statement of fact written into the fabric of existence itself. The Devourer had been searching across infinite realities for something like Marcus, and now that it had found him, nothing would stop it from claiming its prize."Marcus!" Elena was shaking him, but her voice sounded distant. "Marcus, stay with us!"He wanted to respond, wante
Chapter 13: The Price of Being Special
The hospital room went silent except for the distant sound of military helicopters and emergency sirens. Everyone was staring at Marcus like he'd just been diagnosed with a terminal illness that could also destroy the planet."Explain," Elena said, her voice tight. "What do you mean Marcus is the key?"The Herald's humanoid form shifted slightly, and Marcus felt the strain of maintaining the transformation increase. *"In all the dimensions the Devourer has consumed, it has been searching for something specific. A being capable of existing simultaneously in multiple realities, who can bridge the gaps between worlds without being destroyed by the transition."*"A living gateway," Sophia said quietly. "That's what the Syndicate was really trying to create."*"Yes and no. The Syndicate believed they were making a weapon. They did not realize they were following a design laid out across millennia by forces far older and more patient than themselves."*Marcus felt sick. "The Devourer. It's
Chapter 12: Negotiations with Monsters
The Herald's massive form shifted, its countless eyes focusing on Marcus with what might have been surprise. *"You wish to negotiate? You are barely stable in your new form, and your military forces are preparing weapons that could vaporize this entire building."*"Which is why we need to move fast." Marcus stood up from the ruined hospital bed, testing his new body. He was taller now, his proportions slightly off from human normal, and reality seemed to blur around him like he was standing in two places at once. "Amanda, I need you to get Elena, Sophia, and Sarah somewhere safe. Then contact whatever government agency is in charge of this disaster and tell them I'm attempting first contact."Amanda moved closer, studying his transformed appearance with clinical detachment. "You look like shit, by the way. Very cosmic horror meets failed science experiment.""Thanks. That's exactly the confidence boost I needed.""I'm serious, Marcus." Her expression softened slightly. "You're barely
Chapter 11: The Bridge
Marcus felt his body tearing itself apart from the inside. Every cell was rewriting itself, responding to the Herald's presence like iron filings to a magnet. His skin rippled with patterns that looked like circuitry mixed with alien script, and the hospital room swam in and out of focus as his eyes adjusted to seeing dimensions humans weren't meant to perceive."Get out!" he screamed at Elena, Sophia, and Sarah. "All of you, get out now!"Elena stood frozen, tears streaming down her face. "Marcus, I just got you back. I can't—""GO!"The word came out in multiple voices, some human and some decidedly not. The windows that hadn't already shattered burst outward, and the hospital bed buckled under the weight of energy pouring off Marcus's transforming body.Sarah grabbed Elena's arm and dragged her toward the door. Sophia was already moving, but she stopped at the threshold and looked back at him with an expression that mixed pity and determination."Fight it, Marcus. You're stronger t
Chapter 10: New World Order
Marcus woke up in a hospital bed, sunlight streaming through windows that showed him a city he barely recognized. The skyline was the same, but there were differences—military vehicles on the streets, news helicopters circling constantly, and crowds of people gathered around public screens displaying information about something called the "Supernatural Registration Initiative.""You're awake." The voice belonged to Elena Sterling—the real Elena, sitting in a chair beside his bed. She looked older, with lines around her eyes that spoke of recent trauma, but her smile was genuine. Human. "How do you feel?""Like I've been hit by a truck carrying existential dread." Marcus tried to sit up, wincing at the movement. "What happened? How long was I out?""Three days. The doctors said you suffered some kind of neurological overload." Elena moved closer, and Marcus caught her scent—no supernatural corruption, no alien energy. Just soap and hospital coffee and the faint trace of perfume he rem
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