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Chapter 4 - 'BREAK'{4}

⚖️ Scene 1: Hyde Awakens

Dark soil.

Hyde gasps awake, choking on black water that burns his lungs.

He rolls onto his side, coughing violently.

The sky above him is endless darkness.

Chains drag.

Screams echo.

Hyde – …What the hell…?

He tries to stand.

A massive weight slams onto his shoulders.

A voice snarls behind him.

Warden – Move.

Hyde looks up.

Endless lines of souls drag boulders through mud and stone.

Realization hits him.

Hyde – …No.

🕳️ Scene 2: Reunion in Damnation

A familiar scream cuts through the noise.

Hyde turns.

Ashton collapses nearby, face covered in mud and blood.

Their eyes meet.

Shock.

Ashton – …Hyde?

Hyde staggers toward him.

Hyde – You too?

They laugh.

It's hollow.

Broken.

Ashton – Guess redemption didn't get us out of this.

A whip cracks nearby.

Both are forced to lift stones heavier than their bodies.

Ashton leans close.

Ashton – If we're stuck here…

we don't survive alone.

Hyde nods grimly.

Hyde – Then we plan.

🔥 Scene 3: Dreadmoore Finds Alastor

A ruined cathedral.

Candles flicker unnaturally.

Alastor waits, smiling.

Alastor – You took your time.

Dreadmoore steps forward, weapon humming with power.

Dreadmoore – You took someone from me.

Alastor laughs softly.

Alastor – I took many things.

The air shatters.

They clash.

Steel screams against infernal force as Alastor is driven through pillars, laughing even as blood spills.

Alastor – Yes… let it out!

Dreadmoore slams him through the altar.

The building collapses.

Neither backs down.

⚔️ Scene 4: Brutality Without Winners

Alastor impales Dreadmoore through the side.

Dreadmoore roars, snapping the blade in half and headbutting him.

They trade blows that crack stone and bend reality.

Alastor – You're slowing.

Dreadmoore – I'm holding back.

Dreadmoore releases a surge of power that blasts Alastor through the cathedral doors and into the street.

Silence follows.

Alastor rises slowly, wiping blood from his mouth.

Alastor – This isn't over.

🏚️ Scene 5: The Ruins

Luke and Hanabi move through a shattered neighborhood.

Burned buildings.

Ash everywhere.

Hanabi – No food. No water. Nothing.

Luke pries open a vending machine.

Empty.

A growl echoes.

They turn.

A zombie sprints toward them—fast, feral, wrong.

Luke – RUN!

🧟 Scene 6: Close Call

Hanabi trips.

The zombie lunges.

Luke fires, blasting its head apart inches from her face.

They breathe hard.

Then hear more footsteps.

Hanabi – That wasn't alone…

They disappear into the ruins.

🧪 Scene 7: Dr. Sixty Sixty's Lair

Underground.

Sterile.

Cold.

Nathan and Dean train in a massive chamber filled with machines and restraints.

Dr. Sixty Sixty watches from behind glass.

Dr. Sixty Sixty – Again.

Nathan throws a punch—Dean blocks, counters.

They collide hard.

Dean – You hesitate.

Nathan grits his teeth.

Nathan – You enjoy this too much.

Dr. Sixty Sixty smiles thinly.

Dr. Sixty Sixty – Pain accelerates evolution.

The floor hums.

The training restarts.

🌑 Scene 8: Cracks in the Lair

Nathan pauses, sensing something.

Nathan – You feel that?

Dean nods.

The walls vibrate faintly.

Something outside the lair responds to the chaos above.

Dr. Sixty Sixty's smile fades—just a little.

🕳️ Scene 9: Purgatory Plans

Back in Purgatory.

Hyde and Ashton rest briefly against a black stone wall.

Hyde – You ever notice?

Ashton – Notice what?

Hyde – No one escapes alone.

Ashton looks around at the endless suffering.

Ashton – Then we don't escape clean.

They exchange a look.

An understanding forms.

🌌 Scene 10: The Garden Listens

Far below the earth.

Roots tighten.

Souls scream.

The Garden Behind the Fence stretches—into life,into death,into punishment.

Ancient Voice – Even the fallen may yet bloom.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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