by AFEEF_STARK
It started with a flicker. A hum beneath the skin. A brief rupture at a particle collider in Europe — dismissed as a malfunction, but it wasn’t. It was a connection.Across the world, millions felt the pull. And one by one, the attuned vanished.Ishaan Ren Vale, an engineering student in Bristol, had four hours. Four hours of warped reflections, spatial tremors, and a creeping awareness that he wasn’t going to survive unless he adapted.Then, he disappeared.But what awaited wasn’t death — it was Kh…