Trapped in the Time Singularity after the fall of Nihlaz, Akuzai drifts between realities. He's neither dead nor alive—just suspended. Echoes of Aera's final moments loop endlessly. With each repetition, his grief grows heavier. After an eternity of nothingness, a tear in the Chrono Stream ejects him into a dying timeline. He wakes in a desolate Earth: fractured buildings, flickering skies, frozen time pockets.
He's no longer the legendary protector. His powers fail to stabilize. The Eternis Edge trembles in his grasp. Even time bends unevenly around him, echoing his shattered will. As he stumbles through the ruins, haunted by visions of Aera, he hears familiar voices calling his name.
From the chaos step five warriors—Anuj, Aditya, Abhishek, Tanishk, and Rivan—his closest childhood friends from the Crimson Dawn, lost during early timeline wars. They have crossed realities to find him, sensing his fading presence. Their arrival isn't triumphant, but emotional. These aren't followers. They're brothers. Their presence roots Akuzai to something real—something before godhood, before loss.
Each of them carries the scars of battle and time. But they come not to fight. They come to bring him back. Akuzai collapses before them—not from injury, but from the weight of everything he's held inside. They catch him, not as soldiers catching a leader, but as friends holding a brother.
Hope sparks.