2026-07-14 01:18:13Choose or die at dawn. These words were stuck in Ronan's mind like an omen. He was in a motel room with three files floating in front of him. The room was dark and cold. Time seemed to be moving slowly. The clock on the nightstand was not ticking anymore. It was like the whole world was waiting for Ronan to make a decision.
Ronan looked at the files. File Three had the names and locations of the five assassins who were coming to kill him. It was an option. He could use this information to run and hide. Ronan did not want to run. He wanted to fight. He wanted to be strong. Then he looked at File Two. It said Tomorrow's Combat Experience. This file would give him the skills of a special forces commander. He would be able to fight like a pro. It was a risk. He would not know who was coming to kill him or how they would attack. He would have to rely on his instincts. Ronan thought for a moment. He did not want to survive. He wanted to win. He wanted to destroy his enemies. "I'm done running ", Ronan said to himself. He reached out. Chose File Two. As soon as he made his choice, the room started to spin. Ronan felt a pain in his head. It was like someone was pouring lead into his brain. He saw visions of war and bloodshed. He felt like he was fighting for his life. His body started to change. His muscles were getting stronger. His heart was beating faster. He was becoming a warrior. The pain was intense. Ronan did not scream. He just gritted his teeth. Waited for it to be over. When the pain finally stopped, Ronan collapsed on the floor. He was. Tired.. He was also feeling strong. He looked around the room. Saw things differently. He saw the door as a weakness. He saw the wall as a barrier. He saw the window as a way to escape. Ronan got up. Started to prepare. He took a metal rod. Bent it into a hook. He took some glass. Made it into a sharp knife. He made a trap for the door. He was ready to fight. The time was 4:00 AM. Ronan had four hours before the assassins arrived. He did not waste a minute. He kept preparing and waiting. At 7:55 AM, the room was quiet. Ronan was hiding in the bathroom. He had his weapons ready. He was waiting for the signal to start fighting. Then it happened. The door exploded. The room was filled with smoke and noise. Ronan saw his chance. He jumped out of the bathroom. Started to fight. The first assassin did not see the trap. He got caught in the wire. Fell. Ronan used this chance to attack the assassin. He hit him with the metal rod. Killed him. The third assassin tried to shoot Ronan. Ronan was too fast. He grabbed the assassin's wrist. Threw him to the ground. Then he killed him with the glass knife. It was over, in two seconds. Two assassins were dead. One was injured. Ronan had won the round. The fight was not over yet. There were still two assassins to kill. The ambush was not over yet. From the hallway, another guy started shooting at Ronan with a big gun. The bullets were heavy. They went through the walls of the motel room, making a lot of noise and sending pieces of wood and plaster falling on Ronan's back. Ronan pulled the body of the guy who was trying to kill him over his body using the heavy vest the guy was wearing as a shield. The bullets kept coming, making a lot of dust and noise. Ronan's mind was calm, and he was thinking about what to do next. He was waiting for the guy to stop shooting so he could do something. The shooting stopped. Ronan heard the sound of the gun being empty. Now was his chance. Ronan pushed the body away, rolled across the floor, and grabbed a rifle that one of the guys had dropped. He did not even look through the sights. He just rolled past the door. Shot the guy three times. The guy fell, hurt badly. Ronan looked around the hallway, his chest moving up and down. Four guys were down. He knew there were five guys in total. Where was the fifth guy? Ronan felt scared for a second. He thought maybe the fifth guy was high up, like on a roof or something. Then a bullet came through the window and hit the wall. Ronan threw himself backward into the room. The fifth guy was a sniper. He was shooting from across the street. Ronan crawled across the floor, staying low. He got to the guy who had tried to kill him, the one who had tripped and hurt his ankle. Ronan stepped on the guy's hurt ankle. The guy screamed. Ronan took the mask off the guy's face. Saw that he was a man in his late thirties, sweating and scared. Who sent you? Ronan asked, putting his knife to the guy's neck. Tell me. You will die slowly. The guy spat blood. Said Ronan was supposed to be just an office worker. What was he doing, fighting like this? Ronan did not like the guy's answer. He twisted the knife, hurting the guy. The guy said it was the Vance Group who had sent them. They had gotten a tip that Ronan was trying to buy some military stuff, and they wanted to stop him. The Vance Group. Ronan knew that name. It was a group led by a man named Commander Vance. That was not supposed to happen yet. Vance was not supposed to be a problem for another two years. Ronan asked the guy who had told the Vance Group about his plans. The guy said he did not know. The order had come from someone in the bank, and that was all he knew. Ronan realized that someone was trying to hurt him using the timeline to get to him. He looked at the guy, who was crying and scared. Ronan did not feel sorry for him. He killed the guy with his knife. He stood up holding the rifle. The sniper was still across the street waiting for him to come out. Ronan was not going to go out the front door. He went back into the bathroom. Looked up at a ventilation opening in the ceiling. As he reached up to open it, his vision got blurry. He saw a message from the Future Archive System. This time the message was red, not blue. It said that Ronan had changed the timeline much and that some things were going to be erased in three days. Then it said that Ronan's memory of a whole month, October 2026. Was gone. Ronan stared at the message, his hand frozen. He had gained some skills. He had lost something important. He was moving forward into a future that was getting harder to understand. The thing that was helping him was also hurting him.
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Chapter 15: Iron Will
"Die down there alone, Ronan!" Clara's voice snapped off as a blast of static killed the radio. The rusted metal speaker on the wall exploded into bright sparks, leaving behind a heavy, ringing silence that pressed painfully against Ronan's eardrums. Then the world went completely sideways. The thick concrete floor beneath the medical depot tilted violently. Massive support columns groaned under sudden stress, long cracks branching across the ceiling like spiderwebs as a terrible, invisible force pulled down from above. It was not a bomb, and it was not an artillery strike from the Vance Group. It was sheer weight. Unnatural, crushing mass settling directly onto the city streets five levels above his head. The upside-down pyramid, the Origin, was grounding itself in the central square of Eastbridge. Ronan was thrown off the examination table, his boots skidding across the hard tile floor. A wave of sharp pain shot through his left shoulder where the inhibitor needle had numbly fro
Chapter 14: Dying Minutes
"He is still breathing down there! Flood the lower shafts before the purge begins!"The command screamed through the cracked radio on the rubble, harsh and metallic against the grinding echo of settling stone. Ronan did not wait to hear more. He kicked the broken communicator into the drainage trench and forced his legs to move, dragging his heavy boots across the buckled train tracks.Ten minutes. That was all the Covenant was giving this district before whatever they called the second phase wiped it off the map.Above him, the subway ceiling groaned as another tremor shook the concrete arches. Dust rained down in thick gray curtains, coating his tongue with the taste of dry chalk and old blood. His left arm hung useless at his side, numb from the shoulder down where the gray rot had sunk deep into his muscle. The burn he had inflicted on himself earlier was cracking open again, leaking dark, thick fluid down his sleeve.If he did not reach the underground medical depot soon, the rot
Chapter 13: Red Midnight
"Drop the weapon, or I burn what is left of your flesh!"The threat tore through the damp air of the subway station before the red glow even faded. Ronan rolled off the wooden bench, his boots slamming onto the gravel between the rusty train tracks. Pain flared through his left shoulder like liquid fire, the black skin cracking open to leak fresh blood. He raised his plasma rifle with his right arm, the barrel shaking slightly under the heavy weight.Ten paces away, a man stepped out from the shadowy doorway of the old ticket booth. He wore dark tactical armor marked with the silver emblem of the Chrono Covenant. In his hand, a crimson glass orb slowly dimmed, swallowing the remnants of the red light that had just filled the tunnel.A harsh tone chimed inside Ronan's head, followed by flickering text in his line of sight.Warning: Tomorrow File 01 Stolen By External Unit.File Lost: Tomorrow's Military Emergency Drop.Ronan felt a cold knot tighten in his gut. The system had never fai
Chapter 12: Broken City
"Shoot anything that moves! Don't let him reach the lower streets!"The shout bounced off the cracked concrete walls of the old highway pass. Two heavy flashlight beams cut through the gray smoke, sweeping over the wrecked cars at the bottom of the mountain road. Up on the ridge, three soldiers wearing Vance Group gear were climbing down over the broken guardrail. Their boots kicked loose stones down the slope.Ronan pressed his back against the rusted side of an overturned city bus. He held his breath. His left shoulder felt like someone had driven a hot spike into his bones, and the smell of his own burned skin made his stomach turn. He squeezed the grip of his plasma rifle with his right hand. The weapon was heavy, and the energy display showed twenty-five percent. Three shots left if he fired at full power.He could not afford to waste a single shot."He came down this way!" one of the soldiers yelled, his voice close enough that Ronan could hear the crunch of broken glass under h
Chapter 11: Ash and Iron
Get up, Ronan told himself. The voice in his head was not the system. It was the memories of the special forces commander screaming at Ronan to keep moving. Ronan dropped to his knees. The heavy Vanguard-Class Plasma Rifle fell to the ground, hitting the concrete with a noise. The blood from Leos and Elias' bodies was around him. It had even reached his boots. The leather was warm and sticky with blood. He had done this. Ronan had tried to run from the bad things that were happening, but he had led his brother into danger instead. Clara had helped their enemies by selling them out. Ronan had given them the chance to do it. Ronan reached out. Closed Leo's eyes. They were empty and still. I will burn them Ronan said quietly. I will burn everything to the ground. Make them pay. Ronan felt a pain in his head. He was dizzy. Had to grab his left shoulder. The cuts from the monster were bleeding a lot. The bad stuff from the monster's mouth was making his skin turn gray. If he did not
Chapter 10: Savage Dark
Don't make a noise Ronan whispered. He put his hand over Elias's mouth as Elias started to breatheThe dark hallway outside the cell made loud sounds. Bone was. Claws were scraping against concrete. The small room was terrible, like rotting meat and ozone.Ronan let go of Elias. Turned to his brother. Leo was almost asleep, his head against his shoulder. He was breathing badly, like a wet, rough sound. His body was paralyzed. He was losing a lot of blood.I have to draw them, Ronan said quietly. He wiped some blood from his brother's cheek. If they smell the blood in this room, they will come to us. I'll take them into the tunnel and seal the door.You can't go there! Elias said, his voice scared and quiet. You have no bullets! Your rifle is empty! You just have a knife! You are going to die!If I stay, we all die Ronan said. His voice was very calm.Ronan picked up the tactical knife from the floor. The blade was chipped from cutting through the alien rope.He looked at Leo one time.
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