Control room ke upar khula woh giant black crack ab stable ho chuka tha.
Aur us darkness ke andar..
hundreds of white glowing eyes slowly blink kar rahi thi.
Different sizes.
Different distances.
Jaise endless creatures void ke andar se iss world ko observe kar rahe ho.
Complete silence.
Even Subject 0 bhi ab smile nahi kar raha tha.
Kabir ne slowly whisper kiya..
👉 "Mujhe lagta hai hum sab marne wale hain…"
Is baar…
kisi ne uski baat deny nahi ki.
The Watcher upar stare kar raha tha.
Uski usually emotionless voice mein pehli baar tension feel ho rahi thi.
👉 "They should not be here."
Subject 0 ne calmly poocha..
👉 "And yet they are."
Aarav ka heartbeat fast ho gaya.
👉 "Kaun hain yeh?"
Silence.
Phir..
Origin bola.
Slowly.
👉 "Heaven's End."
Room instantly cold feel hua.
Kabir blink karta reh gaya. "Bhai yeh naam bilkul comforting nahi hai."
Meera Aarav ke aur paas aa gayi. "Kya yeh Fragments se connected hain?"
Origin ne seedha jawab diya..
👉 "No."
Pause.
👉 "Fragments were running from them."
Complete silence.
Zoya ka tablet suddenly overload hone laga.
Screens glitch.
Symbols flicker.
Data impossible speed se corrupt hone laga.
👉 "Systems unki presence process nahi kar paa rahe…" usne panic mein kaha.
Aarav still upar dekh raha tha.
Aur us moment..
ek eye directly uski taraf focus hui.
Bas ek.
Par instantly..
Aarav ka body freeze ho gaya.
Pain.
Sharp unbearable pain.
Jaise uska existence scan ho raha ho.
👉 "Aaah..!"
Meera ne usse sambhala. "AARAV!"
Andar Collapse violently react karne laga.
👉 "LOOK AWAY!"
Par late.
Us eye ke andar suddenly images flash hone lagi.
Different realities.
Infinite timelines.
Destroyed universes.
Aur har jagah..
same ending.
Darkness.
Silence.
Nothing.
Aarav ka breathing unstable ho gaya.
👉 "Yeh… sab destroy kar dete hain…"
Watcher instantly uske saamne aaya aur uski eyes cover kar di.
Pain abruptly stop.
Aarav heavily breathing karta hua knees par gir gaya.
Watcher cold tone mein bola..
👉 "Do not let them observe you directly."
Kabir panic mein bola, "Observe?! Bhai woh CCTV cameras hain kya?!"
Subject 0 quietly upar dekh raha tha.
Aur phir..
woh hasa.
Softly.
👉 "They're curious."
Echo instantly tense ho gaya. "Stop provoking them."
Subject 0 ne uski taraf dekha.
👉 "Why?"
Pause.
👉 "Every system deserves collapse eventually."
Suddenly..
void ke andar ek giant eye slowly aur open hui.
Bigger than the others.
Massive.
Aur uske open hote hi..
poori base violently shake hui.
BOOOOOOM.
Walls crack ho gye.
Lights explode ho gyi.
Reality distort hone lagi.
Zoya literally floor par gir gayi. "Stability dropping!"
Watcher ka tone sharp ho gaya.
👉 "They noticed him."
Silence.
Aarav ka heart sink ho gaya.
👉 "Matlab… mujhe?"
Watcher ne directly uski taraf dekha.
👉 "Yes."
Andar Origin unusually tense tha.
👉 "Not yet…"
Subject 0 dheere se smile kiya.
👉 "Too late."
Suddenly..
Aarav ke chest mein burning pain start hui.
Black-gold mark uski skin ke neeche glow karne laga.
👉 "Aaahhh..!"
Meera panic mein uske paas kneel hui. "AARAV!"
Collapse growl kar raha tha.
Origin kuch suppress karne ki koshish kar raha tha.
Par woh giant eye upar se continuously Aarav ko dekh rahi thi.
Jaise woh usse identify kar rahi ho.
Aur phir..
ek voice.
Pure reality mein echo hui.
Deep.
Ancient.
Inhuman.
👉 "FOUND."
Sab freeze.
Kabir ka face completely pale ho gaya.
👉 "Nahi bhai…"
Voice phir aayi..
👉 "THE LAST VARIABLE."
Aarav ka body violently shake hone laga.
Uski aankhon mein black aur gold energy uncontrollably flicker karne lagi.
Watcher instantly tense ho gaya.
👉 "This is bad."
Subject 0 calmly observe kar raha tha.
Jaise woh wait kar raha ho.
Echo ne Aarav ko pakadne ki koshish ki..
par ek invisible force ne usse peeche throw kar diya.
BOOM.
👉 "AARAV!" Meera almost cry karte hue chillayi.
Aarav scream kar raha tha.
Pain unbearable tha.
Aur phir..
suddenly..
uske around reality crack hone lagi.
Literal cracks in space.
Jaise woh existence ko tod raha ho.
Zoya horror mein boli..
👉 "He's becoming a breach…"
Kabir confused panic mein tha. "USKA MATLAB KYA HOTA HAI?!"
Kisi ne answer nahi diya.
Kyuki next second..
Aarav ke peeche ek black portal slowly open hua.
Cold.
Endless.
Andar sirf darkness.
Par us darkness ke andar..
movement.
Something huge.
Something alive.
Subject 0 ki smile slowly disappear hui.
Watcher peeche hat gaya.
Even Heaven's End ki giant eye upar se still ho gayi.
Complete silence.
Aur phir..
portal ke andar se ek giant hand bahar aaya.
Human jaisa…
par stars aur void se bana hua.
Massive fingers slowly floor par touch hui.
Pure base mein earthquake jaisa impact feel hua.
BOOOOOOOM.
Kabir literally scream kar gaya. "BHAI YEH TOH FINAL BOSS LEVEL HAI!"
Meera fear mein frozen thi.
Echo shocked.
Watcher silent.
Aur Origin…
first time..
terrified.
Aarav ne weakly portal ki taraf dekha.
Aur us moment pe.
andar se ek aur pair of eyes slowly open hui.
Golden.
Exactly like his.
Voice softly echo hui..
👉 "Finally…"
Pause.
👉 "…I found you."
Aarav ka heartbeat rukne jaisa feel hua.
Kyuki..
woh awaaz…
uski khud ki thi.
To be continued..