CHAPTER 10: POST-CREDIT SEQUENCE
The pizza box tumbled through the infinite black, spinning lazily past dying stars and rogue comets before finally being caught in the gravitational pull of a massive, derelict space station.
The box slid through a broken viewport, bouncing off the skull of a long-dead astronaut before coming to rest at the feet of—
"Oh hell no."
A gloved hand snatched up the box, flipping it open to reveal the now-cold pepperoni pizza inside. The figure sighed, their reflective visor flickering with static as they turned toward a massive holographic screen.
"He's feeding the anomalies now?"
The screen buzzed to life, revealing a shadowy council of silhouettes—each more terrifying than the last.
COUNCIL MEMBER #1: "This is what happens when you let a Chaos God and a Glitch Goddess cohabitate."
COUNCIL MEMBER #2: "The 'Finn Carter Experiment' was a mistake."
COUNCIL MEMBER #3: "We should have stuck with the last universe. At least thatapocalypse was tidy."
The figure tossed the pizza box aside, their armored fingers flexing. "So what's the play? Send another Lysander? Another Omega Entity?"
The screen flickered. A new image appeared—an egg. Glowing. Humming. Floating in a containment field.
COUNCIL MEMBER #1: "No. We send The Cleaner."
The figure's visor darkened.
"Fine. But I want hazard pay this time."
The screen cut to black—just as the egg cracked.
Sneak peek: CHAPTER 11 TEASER: THE CLEANER COMESFinn's Ω tattoo starts bleeding code
Zara discovers a backdoor in Juno's programming
Kael vanishes mid-taco (leaving only a note: "Oops. My bad.")
The Cleaner's identity? A familiar face from Finn's first death