The Voices in the Void
Ethan moved through the broken remnants of existence, his golden-shadow flames illuminating the dark void. His team was out there. He had felt their voices—faint, distant, but alive.
As he reached forward with his power, the fractured sky trembled. The universe itself was still unstable, still shifting from his recreation. Reality was fighting against itself.
And then—he saw them.
Suspended in the void, five figures drifted like echoes lost in time.
Mia.
Selene.
Orion.
Kieran.
Nefera.
His team.
Ethan clenched his fists, golden energy surging. They were trapped between existence and nonexistence. He had restored the universe, but they had not fully returned.
He didn't hesitate.
Golden flames erupted from him, wrapping around each of them, pulling them back into the world.
For a moment, nothing happened.
Then—
They gasped awake.
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The Reunion