Speed Villain
Chapter 8: Race Against Destruction
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A Planet on the Brink
Kael-X stood on the ruined battlefield, his silver hair whipping wildly in the storm of energy building above him. The Zypheron warship's planetary cannon hummed with deadly power, its core burning like a newborn star.
> Target: Earth.
Status: Annihilation Imminent.
Kael-X clenched his fists.
"This isn't happening."
The air was thick with static electricity, and even though normal humans couldn't perceive it, he could see the light-bending distortions in the sky as the cannon prepared to fire.
> Two minutes.
Two minutes before everything was gone.
Two minutes to stop the end of the world.
His feet blurred as he launched himself upward—shattering the sound barrier instantly.
BOOM!
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Through the Fire
Kael-X tore through the atmosphere like a comet, the heat of re-entry igniting the air around him. His eyes locked onto the warship, his mind processing thousands of possible entry points in an instant.
He chose the most reckless one.
> Straight through the cannon.
Most people would have hesitated. Most people would have doubted their speed.
Kael-X?
He accelerated.
BOOOOOM!
The force of his speed alone shattered the outer hull, ripping a hole straight into the ship's interior. The vacuum of space tried to pull him out, but he moved too fast for physics to matter.
Inside, Zypheron soldiers scrambled, their weapons locking onto him.
> "Intruder detected! Eliminate him!"
Kael-X didn't stop.
He moved so fast, they might as well have been statues.
One moment, the guards were standing.
The next?
They were already unconscious.
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The Core of Destruction
The control room was at the center of the warship, housing the planetary cannon's power core—a pulsing sphere of condensed Zypheron energy, feeding off the planet's magnetic field.
Kael-X skidded to a stop, his boots tearing through the reinforced floor.
The control panel flickered, displaying a countdown in a language only he could read.
> Thirty seconds left.
He inhaled sharply.
The room was reinforced, filled with thick plasma barriers and locked behind encryption walls.
Most beings would take hours to break through.
Kael-X had seconds.
His muscles coiled.
His power spiked.
> Time to go faster.
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The Impossible Speed
Kael-X's body vibrated, his molecules moving so fast they phased through solid matter. He pushed himself to impossible speeds, each step causing the air to rip apart behind him.
To an outside observer, he was no longer a person—just a streak of destruction.
The first barrier? Gone.
The encrypted firewall? Obliterated.
The final core chamber?
Kael-X punched through it.
The control system exploded as Kael-X ripped out the main core regulator, sparks and energy dancing around him.
> Ten seconds left.
The warship trembled, warning sirens blaring.
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No Way Out
Kael-X had disabled the cannon.
But now, he was trapped.
The ship's self-destruct system had activated.
> Five seconds left.
He looked around. There was no exit, no clear way to escape before the ship detonated with the force of a nuclear blast.
No.
Kael-X had one way out.
> Run.
He gritted his teeth, bent his knees—
And launched himself back toward Earth.
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The Fall
The warship exploded behind him, a blinding white flash consuming the sky.
Kael-X broke through the flames, accelerating toward Earth's surface at speeds that should have torn him apart.
The ground rushed toward him—
Faster.
Faster.
Too fast.
Kael-X slammed into the planet, creating a crater the size of a city block.
For a moment, everything was silent.
Then—
A single hand emerged from the rubble.
Kael-X pulled himself up, breathing hard, his body aching.
He did it.
He saved Earth.
But as he looked up at the darkening sky, his stomach twisted.
> This wasn't over.
Because in the distance, a new Zypheron fleet had just arrived.
And they were angry.
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To Be Continued…