A storm rolled across the sky above Sector 2 of the academy.
Not clouds.
Not rain.
A tear — a rip in the dimension barrier. Something was crawling out.
Not flying.
Not walking.
Just becoming.
The alarm blared across the academy:
"Category Omega Intrusion Detected. All active students report to Battle Station One."
Brian and the others sprinted into formation, students deploying, instructors shouting orders.
Then the creature stepped through.
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💀 Scene 1 – The Voidborn
It was humanoid — but twisted.
Skin like liquid metal. A black aura that cracked the ground beneath it. Eyes like glass marbles of ink.
And it spoke.
Not in words — in memories. In emotions. In pressure.
Hundreds of students dropped to their knees just by looking at it.
It moved like fog. Like hate given shape.
David hit it with a full-force punch.
It didn't flinch.
Declan launched drones. They melted.
Niko and Alcino blitzed it from both sides — it swatted them away.
Hayk tried to rewrite the environment — it bypassed his code.
It walked toward the academy gates.
Until Brian stepped in front of it.
He didn't say a word.
He just stood there.
And the monster paused.
For the first time… it stopped.
It looked at Brian.
And it smiled.
Then it spoke — with a voice not its own.
> "Cam says hello."
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🌑 Scene 2 – Aftermath
The instructors managed to lock the monster in a temporary spirit cage. It wouldn't last.
But the message was clear.
This wasn't just a monster.
It was a messenger.
Someone — something — had found the academy.
Someone with power like Brian's.
And he wasn't hiding in the shadows anymore.
He was testing them.