CHAPTER 4: DANGER APPROACHES

That night, after Ted's strange visit, Luiz Fernando sat on the edge of the bed, exhausted and nervous. He looked at the damage in his home and murmured to himself, "Now I need to sleep... Ted almost figured everything out. I need to rest, but I have to stay alert."

He closed his eyes, but the feeling of unease wouldn't leave him. His body still vibrated with the energy he had felt, and despite his fatigue, he knew he couldn't afford to ignore what had just happened. He was just beginning to understand the limits of this power.

The next morning, Luiz woke up with a heavy heart. When he opened his eyes and looked around, he immediately realized the destruction he had caused during his tests. The wall was destroyed, the bottle that had exploded still left traces of shards scattered on the floor, and the smoke from the lamp had burned the ceiling. The impact of what had happened was still fresh in his memory.

He quickly got up and began to try to fix what he could. He put his hand on his head and thought, "I should never have done this... I need to learn to control this power." But no matter how hard he tried, the damage was immense, and he was lost in the confusion of how to deal with it all.

Meanwhile, Luiz had no idea that a great danger was approaching. Far, far away, in a galaxy beyond his own, a dark and evil presence was awakening. The villain Graus, a being of immense power, had sensed the energy emanating from the stone now residing within Luiz Fernando. Graus knew that with that power, he could conquer anything he desired.

Graus smiled cruelly as he realized the stone was in the hands of someone as weak and unprepared as Luiz Fernando. He gestured to his loyal shadow dogs, monstrous and relentless creatures under his command.

"Go to Earth. Find the stone," Graus ordered in a cold voice. The shadow dogs, creatures of pure darkness, began to move, traveling unimaginable distances, advancing toward the planet where Luiz Fernando was.

Meanwhile, Luiz spent the entire day trying to repair the damage in his home. He hardly noticed the time passing, so absorbed he was in the task of fixing the impossible. Each hammer blow on the wall seemed to amplify the feeling that something was out of control, but he didn't know exactly what to do about it.

When night fell, and he decided to take a bath to relax, things began to get even stranger. Luiz didn't know it, but his neighbor Ted was once again watching his house from the window. Ted was suspicious, especially after the visit he made to Luiz's apartment the night before. He was sure something was wrong there, something he couldn't understand.

As he looked at Luiz Fernando's house, Ted saw a huge shadow moving across the roof. Something was there, something that shouldn't be. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, but he wasn't wrong. A huge black dog, as dark as the night, was on top of Luiz Fernando's house.

"What kind of ugly dog is that?" Ted thought aloud, completely perplexed. "That's why he made that hole in the wall. That animal is enormous!" He watched for a few more seconds, trying to understand what was happening, but the creature seemed to vanish into the shadows, disappearing quickly.

"I don't know what's going on there... but this isn't normal," murmured Ted, uncomfortable. "But... well, I'm going to sleep anyway. Forget about it. Luiz must be dealing with some crazy situation, and this is just another one of his problems..."

Unconcerned, Ted went to bed, but he didn't know that the presence of the shadow dog wasn't just an animal, but a threat from something much darker. Luiz Fernando, on the other hand, remained unaware of the danger that was quickly approaching.

That night, while Ted slept, the true force behind the shadows began to move, and the villain Graus took his first steps to reclaim what was rightfully his.

TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 5