Poora aasman white light se bhar chuka tha.
City ke upar woh colossal being slowly descend kar rahi thi.
Thousands of glowing eyes.
Endless wing-like structures.
Aur uski presence itni massive thi ki reality khud unstable lag rahi thi.
Buildings shake ho rhi thi.
Roads crack hone lage the.
Sky distort hone laga tha.
Har insaan jo usse dekh raha tha..
andar tak fear feel kar raha tha.
Aur us sab ke center mein..
Aarav.
👉 "PURGE THE VARIABLE."
Wahi voice phir pure world mein gunji.
Kabir ne apne kaan cover kar liye.
👉 "Yeh awaaz dimaag ke andar kyun sunayi de rahi hai?!"
Zoya screens ko dekh rahi thi.
Par saare systems fail ho chuke the.
Har monitor par sirf ek hi line blink ho rahi thi..
TARGET IDENTIFIED
Aarav.
Meera ka face pale ho gaya.
👉 "Nahi…"
Subject 0 upar dekh raha tha.
Completely serious.
Watcher silent tha.
Aur void entity..
jo portal se aayi thi..
woh bhi tension mein lag rahi thi.
Yeh pehli baar tha jab room mein maujood sab powerful beings ek hi cheez ko dangerous maan rahe the.
Suddenly..
sky ke andar se ek beam descend hui.
Pure white.
Blinding.
Aur seedha Aarav ki direction mein.
👉 "MOVE!" Echo chillaya.
Aarav instinctively side mein jump hua.
BOOOOOOM.
Beam ground se takrayi.
Aur impact ke baad..
wahan kuch bhi nahi bacha.
Floor.
Walls.
Metal.
Sab erase.
Not destroyed.
Erased.
Kabir literally freeze ho gaya..
👉 "Bhai…"
Pause.
👉 "…agar woh lag jaati toh?"
Kisi ne answer nahi diya.
Kyuki sab answer jaante the.
Aarav ka breathing fast ho gaya.
Us giant being ki hazaaron eyes usse track kar rahi thi.
Jaise woh prey ho.
Andar Collapse growl kar raha tha.
Origin unusually quiet tha.
Aarav ne andar chillaya..
👉 "KOI KUCH BOLEGA?!"
Finally..
Origin bola.
Heavy tone mein.
👉 "They came for you."
Aarav ka jaw tighten ho gaya.
👉 "WHY?!"
Silence.
Phir..
👉 "The Variable was never supposed to exist."
Room silent.
Aarav ko suddenly woh boy yaad aaya.
Hidden Variable.
Choice.
Uske dimaag main sab connect hone laga.
Sky ke andar giant being ne apna head slightly tilt kiya.
Aur phir..
dozens of white beams ek saath appear hui.
Entire city target ban gayi.
Zoya horror mein boli..
👉 "They're not targeting only Aarav…"
Kabir freeze.
👉 "Matlab?"
Echo ka face dark ho gaya.
👉 "They're removing every possible outcome connected to him."
Silence.
Meera ne slowly kaha..
👉 "They're going to destroy the whole city…"
BOOOOOOM.
First beam hit hui.
Distant building disappear ho gyi.
No explosion.
No debris.
Bas…
gone.
People scream krne lage.
Wahan chaos mach gya.
Sab panic ho gye.
Aarav ka heart sink ho gaya.
👉 "NO!"
Usne sky ki taraf dekha.
Aur us moment..
andar kuch snap hua.
Golden aur black energy simultaneously erupt hui.
Poora room shake ho gaya.
Watcher instantly muda.
Subject 0 ki eyes widen hui.
Void entity slowly smile karne lagi.
Aarav ke around reality bend hone lagi.
Aur first time..
Collapse aur Origin dono ek saath bole..
👉 "STOP!"
Par late.
Aarav ka anger peak par pahunch chuka tha.
👉 "ENOUGH!"
Shockwave.
BOOOOOOOOM.
Poora base vibrate hua.
City ke upar energy wave spread hui.
Aur next second..
sab freeze ho gaya.
Beams.
Dust.
Debris.
Even falling objects.
Everything.
Stopped.
Complete silence.
Kabir blink karta reh gaya.
👉 "...kya?"
Meera bhi shocked thi.
Zoya speechless ho gyi thi.
Sky ke andar giant being ki eyes suddenly Aarav par focus hui.
Aur pehli baar..
uske reaction mein hesitation tha.
Jaise usne kuch unexpected dekh liya ho.
Aarav slowly hawa mein lift hone laga.
Uski aankhon mein black aur gold energy continuously rotate kar rahi thi.
Par ab kuch aur bhi tha.
White light.
Same white light jo Heaven's End use kar raha tha.
Watcher ne dheere se kaha..
👉 "No…"
Subject 0 ne whisper kiya..
👉 "So it's true."
Aarav ne unki taraf dekha.
👉 "Kya true hai?"
Silence.
Aur phir..
Void Entity softly boli..
👉 "You aren't the last variable."
Aarav freeze.
👉 "...what?"
Entity ne seedha uski aankhon mein dekha.
Aur woh line boli jisne sab kuch change kar diya..
👉 "You are the First Creator."
Complete silence.
Kabir ka muh khula ka khula reh gaya.
Meera shock mein freeze.
Echo stunned.
Even Watcher motionless.
Aur sky ke andar..
woh colossal being suddenly peeche hat gaya.
Jaise usne kuch recognize kar liya ho.
Aarav ka heart violently beat karne laga.
👉 "Creator?"
Entity ne sir hilaya.
👉 "Before Collapse."
👉 "Before Origin."
👉 "Before Heaven's End."
Pause.
👉 "…there was you."
Pure room mein dead silence chha gaya.
Aur ussi moment..
Aarav ke dimaag mein ek memory flash hui.
Ek memory jo uski nahi honi chahiye thi.
Endless darkness.
Infinite stars.
Aur ek awaaz..
bilkul uski.
👉 "Let there be existence."
Aarav ka saans ruk sa gaya.
Kyuki us memory ke baad..
usne ek aur face dekha.
Ek face jo pehle kabhi nahi dekha tha.
Aur woh face…
uski tarah bilkul nahi tha.
Par uski eyes..
exactly Aarav jaisi thi.
Memory instantly break hui.
Aarav wapas reality mein aa gaya.
Heavy breathing.
Confused.
Terrified.
Aur ussi second..
sky ke crack ke andar se ek nayi voice gunji.
Cold.
Calm.
Dangerously familiar.
👉 "After all this time…"
Pause.
👉 "…you finally remembered me."
Pure world mein silence chha gaya.
Aur phir..
us colossal being ke peeche se..
ek aur silhouette slowly saamne aayi.
A human silhouette.
Smiling.
Watching.
Waiting.
Tk be continued..