(PH:1)
Darkness.
It had never felt this heavy before.Elior stood still.
The hostel corridor long,stretching like it had no end.The lights flickered together.
Tap…
Tap…
Tap… (footsteps)
Then he realized they weren't outside.
They were inside his head.
"This isn't my imagination…"
He spoke,but even his voice trembled with him.
2:17 A.M...
The digital clock didn't change.
2:17
2:17
2:17
Time felt stuck,He picked up his phone.
No Signal!!!
But on the screen,a new icon appeared.Something he had never seen before.An eye,Closed,His finger
moved on its own.
"No…
don't do this" He touched it.
BZZZZT !!!!!!!
All the lights went out at once.Wind
burst through the corridor.his chest
tightened sharply.
In front of him A camera,Staring at him.
Not a normal CCTV,This one felt like it knew him.He stepped back,And then
it happened.
He ran,,
His first major mistake.....
[Campus – Morning]
"Where is Alan? "
"Another one?"
Whispers curled through the classroom.Elior sat at the back,His eyes faced the board,but his mind saw something else.
The camera above the door.It slowly turned,Straight toward his face.
0.5 seconds..
His heart missed a beat.
"Elior!"...
The professor's voice.
"Why are you shaking like that?"
The entire class turned.
"Sir…it's hot." A lie,everyone knew it.
In Canteen....,
Lyra didn't speak,She didn't sit,She stood.Her eyes moved Camera,
Door,Drone.
"What did you do?" she asked.
"I looked."
Her face changed color.
"Directly?"
He nodded...
She exhaled sharply,
"Then it's over."..
"What?"!!!
"There are three rules here."
She raised her fingers,
"One,:
never look at the cameras.,
Two,:
when time freezes, don't move.,
Three,:
once you see it,
never try to see it again."
Elior asked softly,
"Alan...?"
"He broke all three."
Silence,Canteen noises,felt cut off.
The city was alive[Evening at the Rooftop]
Neon lights,Giant screens,Flying drones,But this life had eyes.
A flash
crossed Elior's vision,Lines appeared.
[Rule Breach Confirmed.]
[Subject: ELIOR VEIL]
[Status: ACTIVE]
He stumbled back.
"I should have saved him…" His hands
shook.
[But the same time somewhere]
A dark room,Screens filled with faces.
Some blurred,Some gone.
One name glowed in red.
"ELIOR VEIL"
A voice laughed,,,,,,
"The first one who tried to save someone."
"If he breaks,the others will break on their own."
Screen off...!!
A siren echoed in the distance.This time not for the city.
For Elior!!!
And he understood,,,....