The sanctuary had no clocks.
Time flowed differently here — not measured in minutes or days, but in rhythm.
The wind carried songs.
The trees whispered memories.
And today, everything felt… off.
(Auther note:How was it)
Kai stood atop the tallest peak near the observatory, watching the horizon. His heart beat steady, but the Omnitrix on his wrist hummed with an unsettled vibration, like it was reacting to something far beyond the visible.
He didn't need a scientist to tell him.
Something was coming.
Lira arrived behind him, her feet silent against the crystal stones.
"You feel it too?"
Kai nodded, not taking his eyes off the distant edge of the forest, where the trees were ever so slightly bending away from something. As if the world itself was leaning back in fear.
"Everything's quiet," he said. "But it's not peace anymore."
She placed a hand on the ground, her expression suddenly tense.
"There was a breach."
Kai spun to face her. "Where?"
"North border. Past the Hollow Groves."
"What kind of breach?"
Lira stood slowly. Her voice dropped to a whisper.
"One that tore through the veil. From outside."
Within the sanctuary's central stone hall, the elders convened for the first time in decades. Their expressions were calm—but Kai could see it in their eyes.
This had never happened before.
"The dimensional layers were woven to prevent entry," said one of the seers. "But now… something has found us."
"Not a natural rift," another added. "A tear. Made by force."
Kai crossed his arms.
"You think it's the guy who's been after me?"
No one answered directly.
But the room's silence was answer enough.
"So what do we do?"
The head elder, glowing faintly beneath his golden cloak, turned to him.
"We prepare."
Later that evening, Kai ventured with Lira and two others to the northern perimeter. What had once been a tranquil forest was now littered with withering flora, the air crackling like a broken radio.
The breach was visible now.
Not a portal. Not a crack.
But a hovering void-scar, jagged and pulsing black and violet, warping the space around it.
Lira reached out with her senses and recoiled instantly.
"There's something watching through it."
Kai stepped closer.
The Omnitrix began to heat up, glowing brighter than usual.
"What are the odds it's friendly?"
Just then, a shape emerged through the void.
It didn't crawl or fly.
It simply shifted into existence — an inky silhouette with too many eyes and no true form. It stood there, pulsing.
Waiting.
Then more began to follow.
Not attacking neither charging.
Just standing — like scouts testing the edge of the firelight.
Kai stepped forward and reached for the Omnitrix.
"Do we fight?"
Lira narrowed her eyes.
"Not yet. If we provoke it now, the veil will collapse entirely."
"And we'll face what's behind them."
That night, the sanctuary sky dimmed for the first time since Kai arrived.
The twin moons were veiled behind stormy mist. The glowing trees dimmed slightly, like they were holding their breath.
And every creature in the valley moved toward the center — toward safety.
The peaceful people of the sanctuary were no strangers to power. But war?
That hadn't touched them in lifetimes.
Kai stood at the edge of the crystal platform, fists clenched.
He could feel it — the pull.
Whatever was coming had followed him across dimensions.
"I'm the reason they found this place…"
He whispered it to himself, the guilt creeping in.
The elder stood beside him.
"You are not the cause. You are the key."
"The void finds cracks. You are light. Light draws the dark."
Kai turned slowly, face more serious than it had been in weeks.
"Then maybe it's time to stop running."
As the night deepened, the Omnitrix suddenly pulsed on its own.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
It's Not a countdown.
But a signal.
Kai stared at it, confused.
A new icon had appeared.
A location ping—one that blinked red and green.
Lira looked over his shoulder.
"What is it?"
Kai's expression hardened.
"I think someone just found me."