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Chapter 16 - 15.“Echoes of Infinity

☀️ Scene 1 – New Earth, 7 Years Later

The sun rose over Neoterra, a sprawling mega-city built from glass, spirit-crystal, and nanosteel. Floating walkways curved above fusion cores. Giant spirit beasts pulled energy trains through layered skies. The air buzzed with harmony.

But the peace wasn't free.

It was built on the bones of war.

At the city's center stood Zawgs HQ — a tower that pulsed with power, formed from the original Infinity Sphere that nearly destroyed Earth.

Now? It was the symbol of hope.

Or control.

Depending on who you asked.

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🕶️ Scene 2 – Brian's Awakening

Inside the tower, Brian sat at the edge of a levitating platform, 400 floors up. Wind whistled through his long black coat, made from Infinity Suit fibers — forged by his power years ago. The same suit had now fused with him.

His eyes scanned the rebuilt skyline. Calm.

But inside, he wasn't.

> "You sense it," the voice said in his head.

Infinity had a voice now — subtle, slick, like an old friend who knew your lies.

> "Portals are stabilizing. Patterns forming. You know what that means."

Brian didn't answer.

He already knew.

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🧠 Scene 3 – Team Sync

Declan walked into the chamber — clean uniform, HUD visor flashing tactical overlays.

> "Another portal blip. Three miles off the coast of Sudan."

Brian stood. "Send Niko and Hayk."

Declan didn't flinch. "Already gone."

They stood for a second. Just them.

Seven years of war and rebuilding had made them more than friends. More than warriors.

They were pillars now.

> "Still having the dreams?" Declan asked quietly.

Brian gave a slow nod. "Cam's voice."

> "You think he's alive?"

> "Worse," Brian said. "I think… he never left."

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⚡ Scene 4 – Zawgs in Action

Across the world:

Niko blinked through space at lightspeed, kicking a spirit-summoned hydra so hard it folded back into its dimension.

Hayk locked the portal behind it with a blueprint weave no tech could decode.

David, now able to fly and punch through space-time rifts, was in Brazil, lifting a corrupted mountain monster and throwing it into the sea.

Alcino flashed beside him, syncing perfectly to punch through the thing's heart at the exact nanosecond of vulnerability.

Kendall, in Washington, manipulated the gravity around a collapsing building, floating civilians to safety with barely a blink.

They were not students anymore.

They were the guardians of the planet.

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🕳️ Scene 5 – The World Watches

The media called them "The New Pantheon."

The Zawgs weren't just a hero team.

They were the power ceiling.

But while the world watched them…

A single shadow watched from deeper space.

Cam's former right hand — Aiden — floated just beyond Earth's reach, hovering beside a forming black sun.

He touched its surface.

> "He's starting again."

Behind him, a shape of Cam briefly shimmered in the void. Not fully formed. Just waiting.

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🌀 Scene 6 – Brian's Doubt

Back in Zawgs HQ, Brian walked into the core chamber — the center of Infinity.

The room darkened.

A sphere, blacker than anything natural, pulsed in the air — the source of his power.

> "You gave them everything," Infinity whispered.

"Strength. Growth. Power."

> "And still you doubt."

Brian clenched his fists.

> "I made them strong so I wouldn't have to fight them one day."

> "But they won't fight you," Infinity said.

> "You'll fight yourself."

The lights cut back on.

Brian stood alone.

Or so it seemed.

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💥 Final Scene – The Iris Crown Moves

In Paris, a single man stood at the top of the Eiffel Spire — rebuilt, armored in glowing sigils.

Élias de Lumière, the world's strongest hero, looked to the west.

> "The sky trembles again."

Behind him, dozens of elite French supers knelt.

> "Send word to Zawgs. If this peace ends… I'll be the first to reach Brian."

He smiled.

> "And maybe the last."

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