The Escape That Should Be Impossible
A World That Shouldn't Exist
Kalen woke up.
But he wasn't waking up.
His body sat up in bed, his hands gripping the sheets as if waking from a nightmare.
His breath came in sharp gasps.
His room was the same.
The air was the same.
The feeling of being real was the same.
But—
> It's not real.
He knew that now.
This world—this life—it wasn't real.
And the worst part?
It was trying to make him forget.
The Reset That Failed
> "Good morning, Kalen!"
His mother's voice called from the kitchen.
His heart clenched.
Because—
She had died.
Hadn't she?
No.
She had never existed.
Kalen's stomach twisted as he forced himself out of bed.
The world around him felt too normal.
Too perfect.
Too fake.
It was trying to erase what he knew.
> The system is trying to overwrite me.
But it had made a mistake.
Because this time, Kalen remembered.
The Cracks in the Illusion
He walked to the mirror.
His reflection stared back.
And for the first time—
It wasn't his.
The face was the same.
The features were the same.
But the eyes.
They belonged to someone else.
Or something else.
> "ERROR: MEMORY CORRUPTION DETECTED."
The voice echoed in his skull.
Cold.
Mechanical.
Frustrated.
The system was struggling.
It had reset the world—
But not completely.
> I wasn't supposed to remember.
> But I do.
> And now?
> I can fight back.
The Impossible Escape
Kalen focused.
He had spent his entire life believing he had free will.
Now he knew he didn't.
But if this world was written—
Then it had rules.
And rules could be broken.
He reached out.
Not physically.
Not with his hands.
With his mind.
> If this is a story…
Then what happens if I stop following the script?
The air rippled.
The mirror shattered.
And for the first time—
Something looked back at him.
The Thing Beyond Reality
It was not human.
It was not a god.
It was a watcher.
A being that had never been seen.
A thing that existed outside the story, outside the system, outside everything.
It had no face.
Only eyes.
Endless, shifting, watching eyes.
And when it spoke—
It didn't use words.
It used understanding.
> "You were not supposed to see me."
Kalen's entire body went cold.
> "You were not supposed to remember."
> "You were not supposed to break the story."
And yet—
He had.
And now, the thing that had been watching had noticed.
The System's Final Warning
> "ERROR: ANOMALY DETECTED."
"REWRITING COMMENCING."
The world began to crack.
Buildings flickered.
Colors distorted.
Time itself twisted like a dying star.
The system was panicking.
It was trying to erase him.
Trying to overwrite him.
Trying to force him back into the script.
But it was too late.
> I see the truth now.
> I know what I am.
And more importantly—
> I know how to escape.
Kalen ran.
Not through the world.
Not through streets or doors or roads.
He ran through the story itself.
Through the boundaries of fiction.
Through the walls of reality.
And for the first time—
He saw what was beyond.
The Door That Should Not Exist
At the edge of existence, at the very end of the script,
There was a door.
No.
Not a door.
Something like a door.
A hole.
An opening.
A tear in the very fabric of the story.
Kalen reached for it.
The watcher moved.
The system screamed.
The world collapsed.
And then—
He stepped through.
End of Chapter 26