VEILBREAKERSEpisode 7: "The Ones Above" (Overdrive)
(When pressure cracks stone, it reveals the core.)
[LOCATION: Collapsing underground hideout. Sirens wail. Lights flash. Concrete rains dust. Kael and Jett surrounded.]
Jett (gritting teeth):"They're sealing exits!"
Kael (calm):"Not my exit."
➔ Kael raises his hand.Advanced Dominion Will pulses outward—a spherical shockwave rips the corridor clean open. Dust parts like water.
Kael (to Jett):"Left tunnel. There's a breach vent. You've got two minutes."
Jett:"What about you?!"
Kael:"I'm the reason they came. I finish it."
➔ Jett runs. Kael turns. Boots echo down the corridor. Then——THREE factions arrive at once.
The Silver Directive Kill-Squad — black-and-silver armored, glowing visors. Precision weapons.
Unknown Cleaners — suits, gloves, black masks. Silent. Move like ghosts.
Biotech Hounds — twisted half-mech, half-alien creatures—tracking Kael by scent.
➔ Each group pauses. They all want Kael. None expected the others.
Kael (mocking):"Awkward. Who's got dibs?"
➔ ➔ ➔ FIGHT.
Kael uses a mix of Advanced Dominion Will + Close-quarters combat.
He disarms one Cleaner, uses his pistol John Wick style.
One Biotech Hound lunges—Kael slides under it, slices its tendons with his blade, then slams his palm into its chest—Dominion compresses—implodes its spine.
One squad uses a gravity trap—Kael flips mid-air, uses his own sword's metallic edge to bounce the energy field back at them.
Enemy Commander (into mic):"Directive Host is adapting—contain immediately!"
Kael hears that—Directive Host.
➔ His eyes flicker. A pulse hits his chest.➔ The pendant he's worn since childhood—engraved with alien script—shatters.
🧬 FLASHBACK SNAP TRIGGER:
Unknown voice from Episode 1:"Inside you sleeps the Directive Core. You're not just its host...you are its next Sovereign."
Kael (breath sharpens):"…It's waking up."
[Suddenly—A VOICE in Kael's head. Not human. Not his.]
"DIRECTIVE CORE PARTIAL ACTIVATION — USER RECOGNIZED: KAEL IRO.""UNLOCKING PROTOCOL: KING'S SOVEREIGNTY."
➔ Kael's body tenses. A circuit-like pattern runs down his arms, faint and glowing.➔ His Dominion Will begins to resonate—not just pressure—command.
Kael (voice low):"…Everyone. Kneel."
➔ All three factions stumble. One by one—their minds buckle. Knees hit concrete.
Kael (shocked):"…I didn't mean that."
VOICE:"They are beneath the Sovereign Directive. Their instincts remember."
But it's too much power too fast—Kael stumbles—bleeding from his nose. His veins burning.
Unknown Voice (from earlier comms):"You're not ready, Kael. Get out. Now."
Jett returns on a stolen hoverbike, skids into view.
Kael leaps on the back, blades deflecting bullets mid-flight.
They fly down a collapsing underground rail, chased by drones and crawling biotech horrors.
The tunnel explodes behind them—pressure wave catches them—but they escape, launching off broken rail into—
NEW HIDEOUT: ABANDONED SKYLINE PENTHOUSE
➔ Concrete jungle below. Moon above. Hidden tech bunker underneath. It's theirs now.
Jett (patching Kael up):"You okay?"
Kael (exhausted):"No.But I'm something else now."
He stands. Window behind him. Blade at his side. The glow in his veins has faded—but not vanished.
➔ He looks at the city—but feels the Directive. A throne waiting to be claimed.
Kael (to himself):"They called me Sovereign.So let's see what a king does with war."
[Incoming Comm. Static. Then crystal clear.]
"Directive Core detected. Sovereign Kael Iro confirmed. Ascension Gate is now active."
Kael (half-smirk):"Cool. Let's go knock."
To be continued...
Next Episode: "The Silence Before The Burn
"(The Directive has opened its gates. But something else steps through first…)