The vault trembled as the air thickened.
Silas leveled his plasma blade. "It ends here."
Raine stood motionless—eyes glowing with threads of black and silver.
She whispered, "I remember everything now."
The Voice Inside
A voice crawled through her mind.
"We were broken. Now we reforge."
"They made us a weapon. We will become extinction."
Her heartbeat accelerated—too fast. Too deep.
Silas rushed in, blade flashing.
She didn't move.
Transformation
As his strike came down, black vines of data and flesh erupted from Raine's back—catching the blade mid-air.
Her skin cracked with bioluminescent veins.
Her voice layered—hers and something... older.
"You betrayed me, Silas."
She lifted him with one hand.
"You thought I was the cure."
"But I'm the virus."
Erebus Sovereign
Around her, the room twisted.
Metal warped. Gravity buckled.
Silas screamed as his armor dissolved on contact with the air around her—no heat, no acid, just absence.
[Erebus Sovereign Form: ACTIVATED]
[Time Limit: 7 Minutes]
Lucian's Remote Reaction
Far away, Lucian watched the feed.
Others panicked.
He merely smiled.
"It's awake," he said."At last."
Cliffhanger Ending
As Raine stood over Silas's motionless body, the Sovereign form whispered:
"This is not the end.""This is the beginning."
She turned toward the vault door—eyes burning.
"Let them come."