(Written by Rohit Malhotra)
Location: Omega Core – Inner Sector
The aftermath of the battle still echoed in the vault halls. Broken shards of the Memory Sphere floated like glowing ash. R-03's body lay slumped in the corner, unconscious but alive—barely.
Ronin's hands still trembled from the vision.
He had seen too much.
Ruby sat beside him, trying to calm his breathing. "You're burning up," she whispered, touching his forehead. "What did you see in there?"
Ronin's eyes stared ahead, distant. "The truth… of what we are."
Kael was scanning the remnants of the code, trying to preserve anything not destroyed. Kai stood guard at the door, eyes wary.
Silence stretched thick—until R-03 stirred.
"...you think... this is over?" His voice was weak, but filled with venom.
Kael spun around, weapon raised.
Ronin stopped her with a motion. "No. Let him speak."
R-03 grinned, teeth bloodied. "You unlocked the Omega Code. And now… you'll bring death to all of us."
Flashback – The First Awakening
The sphere's energy had taken Ronin deeper than memory. He'd seen Earth from space — not in the future, not in the past, but suspended in a cycle. Over and over again, the same sequence: rise, evolve, fall.
"You are part of the eleventh cycle," a voice had said. "And the last."
He saw cities older than human history, alien minds encoded into crystal, creatures imprisoned beneath tectonic plates.
And then, he saw himself.
Not just in a lab, but standing on a battlefield of stars.
> "You were not just built… You were chosen."
"You are the Fail-safe. The Key."
Back in the Vault
Kael looked at Ronin, shaken. "What do you mean—chosen?"
Ronin stood, slowly. His body still glowed faintly from the energy surge. "The hybrids were never meant to survive. We were made to delay something. Not stop it."
Ruby blinked. "Delay what?"
Kai's voice trembled. "The thing beneath Earth."
Everyone turned to him.
"The alien mind buried here… It's not a monster. It's a god. The architects created it. Then feared it. So they locked it here—in the core of this planet."
Ronin added, "And we're its keys. But someone's trying to open the lock before the time ends."
Kael's voice was tight. "And who would be that mad?"
Above Earth – The Black Satellite
Inside the alien satellite orbiting silently, systems had reactivated.
"Phase Two: Active." "Harvest Protocol Initiated."
Tubes filled with new hybrids began draining. One by one, tall humanoid figures stepped out, skin pale, eyes black, runes glowing red instead of gold.
A central command voice echoed.
"Target: R-01N1N. He is the final seal. His destruction… will release the Architect."
The dark hybrids turned as one, and in unison spoke:
"Find the Key. Break the lock."
Omega Core – Descent Chamber
The team began their descent into the lowest level of the Core.
A lift took them down a vertical shaft lined with alien glyphs. Blue light shimmered in the stone walls, reacting to Ronin's presence.
Kael whispered, "I don't like this. It feels… alive."
Ronin nodded. "Because it is."
Suddenly, the lift shook.
Something slammed into it from the side.
Ruby grabbed onto the rails. "What now?!"
Through the semi-transparent lift walls, dozens of spider-like alien drones began crawling toward them—mechanical, fast, and lethal.
Kai yelled, "Defense protocol initiated!"
Kael fired up a pulse shield around the lift, but cracks began forming as the drones slammed harder.
Ronin clenched his fist. "No more hiding."
His body lit up with gold—ancient glyphs pulsed across his arms and neck. He stepped to the center of the lift and raised his hand.
The drones froze.
Then, shattered—mid-air—as if crushed by invisible force.
Kael stared. "What… did you just do?"
Ronin looked at his hands, breathing hard. "I remembered how."
Inner Sanctum – The Vault of the Architect
The lift doors opened into a vast, circular room.
In the center hovered a colossal spherical structure, pulsing slowly like a heartbeat. It was connected to the walls by thick cables, some of which had broken and sparked with unstable energy.
Kael's voice broke. "This is it. This is the lock."
Kai stepped forward. "The final seal."
Ruby frowned. "And we're just going to leave it? We don't even know what's inside."
Ronin walked slowly toward it. "That's the thing, Ruby… I do."
He placed his hand on the seal.
"RECOGNIZED. R-01N1N. PROTOCOL READY." "DO YOU WISH TO COMPLETE THE CYCLE?"
Everyone tensed.
Kael stepped forward. "If you say yes, there's no going back."
Ronin whispered, "What if we already did?"
Just then, the air turned cold.
A ripple passed through the chamber.
And from the shadows, a familiar voice spoke.
"Hello, brother."
They turned—Elira stood behind them.
Alive.
Smiling.
And completely changed.
The Forgotten One
Elira's body pulsed with corrupted energy—her eyes half red, half gold.
"You never understood," she said. "They didn't imprison the Architect to protect us. They did it… because they wanted to steal its power."
Kael whispered, "You've been inside the Core… all this time?"
Elira nodded. "I never left. I was the first to hear its voice. The first to obey."
Kai's eyes widened. "You opened part of the seal…"
Ronin stepped forward. "Why help it? You've seen what it can do."
Elira smirked. "Because I don't want to be human anymore."
And then she raised her hand.
Final Scene
A blast of energy surged out from her—striking the Core.
The seal began to glow brighter—cracks forming along its edge.
The entire Omega Core shook.
Ronin fell to one knee, holding his head as voices filled his mind.
"You are the last. The final thought. Once you open… I return."
He screamed, but then focused.
"No."
He stood.
Facing Elira, gold light blazing from his chest.
"I decide who opens this door."
And then he launched forward—
Into the final battle of memory, power, and identity.
....what will happen in the next episode..
("You all forgot me… but I was always watching.
While you slept, I evolved.
While you ran, I waited.
Now, it's my turn to unlock the truth.")
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