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Chapter Sixty Five ( THE LAST RESISTANCE)
Lena’s chest tightened as she stepped into the forest beyond the safe valley. Ash dripped from the sky like slow rain. Behind them, the valley fighters formed ranks—armed, determined, but fragile as candles in the wind. Kai walked beside her, one hand on her back, the other on the Zero Child’s shoulder.The girl walked too, though each step looked like a struggle. Her glow had faded further, but her eyes were steady.They didn’t stop. Not even when the first thunderous roar of approaching trucks rattled the trees and echoed against broken buildings. The Empire was coming again.Lena grabbed the child’s hand. “We’re not done yet.”Kai’s voice was low. “The Resistance in the mountains—this is their last stand.”They pressed deeper into the trees, past tangled roots and moss. Lena bent to help the girl climb over a fallen log. The child’s response was a small smile. Lena felt hope squeeze her chest.Suddenly, they were at a hidden camp—a cluster of tents and lean-to shelters beneath tall
Chapter Sixty Four
ena pressed her hand flat against the cold metal of the warehouse wall as Kai and the Zero Child collapsed beside her. Their breaths came fast, weakening, but for once it wasn’t fear—it was exhaustion. They’d fought and run and fought again, led here by desperation, by love, by the truth.Outside, the night sky glowed orange—flames rising from the distant city. The broadcast had ignited hope, but it had also sparked war.Kai leaned in close, whispering, “We need to move.” His voice was ragged. “They’re searching everywhere now.”Lena nodded, though her legs felt like lead. She brushed hair off the Zero Child’s forehead, and the child opened her glowing eyes, looking at Lena with confusion and strength she hadn’t seen before.“I can feel something,” the child whispered. “Something beyond the city.”Lena looked past her—the woods beyond the warehouse. Dark, silent, but alive. “You feel it too?”The child nodded faintly and pushed back, trying to stand. Lena helped lift her, breath tremb
Chapter Sixty Three
Lena pressed her hand against her mouth, feeling the child’s faint heartbeat falter under her palm. In the dim light of the safehouse, shadows trembled on the walls. Kai staggered beside her, pain etched across his face. All around, screens glowed with messages of truth and rebellion. But that energy—hope—felt fragile, flickering like a dying fire.A low groan echoed from the back room. Ray and Sorin stumbled out, heavy with exhaustion. They said nothing, but their eyes carried fear. They braced themselves—waiting for what would come next.Behind them, the Zero Child lay still. The fluorescent lights above buzzed softly, showing outlines of dust drifting in slow spirals. Her chest rose shallowly.Lena held her tight. “We’re okay,” she whispered.Kai knelt beside them. “She used everything. There’s no more power left.”“Yes,” the child said quietly. “Because I was never supposed to survive. But we made them—memory cannot die.”Lena felt a knot in her throat. “We did this… because of yo
Chapter Sixty Two
Smoke clung to the stone walls of the underground corridor as Lena ran, her breath catching in her throat. Alarms still blared faintly in the distance, but the closer they got to the upper tunnels, the quieter it became. The pressure was building inside her chest—not just from fear, but from the way the Zero Child’s tiny hand gripped hers.He was silent, just like before. But now Lena felt it. The strange hum of energy coming from him. His steps didn’t make a sound, and somehow, the cold around him was starting to warm.Kai ran ahead, clearing the way with his gun drawn. His black shirt was torn, blood smeared along his arm from the last fight. He glanced back often, checking on them. Lena caught his eyes. They were filled with so many things—fear, anger, but also something gentler. Something that made her hold on just a little tighter to the child.“We’re almost out of the lower levels,” Kai called out, turning down a left tunnel. “Once we reach the loading bay, we’ll cut through the
Chapter Sixty One ( INTO THE LION’S MOUTH)
The plan was simple.Too simple.Get back into the city. Find a way inside Nexus Tower. Reach the core. Stop the final broadcast.But nothing was ever simple when it came to the Empire.Lena walked beside Kai through the remains of the broken metro tunnel. The Zero Child was quiet in her arms, her body still weak but her mind sharp. They had left the train yard at dawn, slipping past sleeping drones and old security systems.The deeper they went, the thicker the silence became.No more soldiers.No more gunfire.Only the distant hum of something huge rising in the distance.The Nexus Tower.It stood like a shadow on the horizon—taller than before, its core pulsing with cold light. A reminder that the fight wasn’t over.“We’re close,” Kai said as they reached a rusted service gate. “This leads into the sublayer beneath the tower.”Lena nodded. “Let’s get in.”But as Kai reached for the gate, it moved—on its own.Click.Screech.A bright light blinded them.“Don’t move!”Soldiers.Six o
Chapter Sixty (THE SILENCE BEFORE THE STORM)
The room stayed dark.No lights. No sound. Only the sound of their breathing.Lena’s heart pounded in her chest as she held the Zero Child close. The girl was barely conscious now, her energy nearly gone after what she had done. Her tiny fingers gripped Lena’s sleeve weakly, like she was afraid of being pulled away.Kai sat beside them, one arm around Lena, the other still holding his bleeding side. His face was pale. Too pale.Lena could hear voices from above.Boots on metal.They were here.The soldiers hadn’t left. They were just waiting. Waiting for something—or someone—to give the order.“We have to move,” Kai whispered.“There’s no way out,” Lena whispered back. “They’ve surrounded the place. I heard it in their voices. They know we’re in here.”Kai leaned his head back against the wall. “Then we don’t run. Not this time.”Lena didn’t argue. She was too tired. Too broken. But her fingers didn’t loosen around the child.The Zero Child opened her eyes slowly. They glowed faintly
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