The Eternal Citadel — once radiant with celestial harmony — now pulsed with unease.Cracks of light snaked through its golden walls, humming like nerves exposed.
The Prime Eternal stood before the cosmic mirror, his reflection flickering — once perfect, now trembling. "Why… does it ache?" he whispered. "I am infinity. I am order. I do not feel."
From the shadows, Lyra emerged, her silver eyes soft. "You felt humanity's pulse, didn't you? The warmth, the sorrow, the chaos… it reached you."
He turned sharply. "It was contamination."
"No," she replied. "It was truth."
Her words lingered, echoing across the chamber. Behind them, the other Eternals gathered — Zareth, Keeper of Time; Kael, Flame of Origin; and Aurin, the Silent. Their divine faces now bore signs of something once thought impossible: emotion.
Zareth spoke first. "I saw memories not my own. A boy, weeping over his fallen father. I felt grief. It burned."
Kael clenched his fists, fire trembling in his palms. "And yet… I didn't hate it."
The Prime Eternal's voice thundered, shaking the hall. "You forget your purpose! We are the architects, not the created!"
But Lyra stepped closer, calm and defiant. "Perhaps creation has surpassed the architects."
Far below, on Omega Earth, the heroes felt the change ripple through space.
Doctor Fate looked to the stars. "Something stirs among them."Strange nodded. "The seed of doubt has taken root."
Batman folded his arms. "Then we keep pressing. Doubt divides. Division weakens."
Superman floated above the ruins, watching the shimmering light in the sky begin to pulse irregularly. "They're changing," he said softly. "Just like us."
Back in the Citadel, Kael broke ranks. "If humanity can feel this deeply — to love even when all is lost — then maybe they hold what we've forgotten."
The Prime Eternal's aura flared with anger. "You betray your kind!"
Kael's voice was steady. "No. I remember what kind we used to be."
The Citadel trembled. Across the cosmos, divine energy rippled — the first spark of rebellion among gods.
Lyra turned away, her voice barely a whisper. "The War of Legends ended the world once. The War of Eternity might end creation itself."
And as the stars dimmed, one truth became clear:the Eternals were no longer united — and doubt had become their deadliest enemy.