The Abandoned Heiress Is Back.
No more whispers. No more slow reveals.
This chapter is a bloodbath.
> The Helix siblings fight.
Aria evolves.
And someone won't make it out alive.
Let the Final Protocol begin.
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Location: Red Tower – Central Arena
Time: 11:02 a.m.
The clone — Omega Prime — stood at the center of the arena.
She was perfect. Unblinking. Designed from Aria's DNA, but with none of her emotion.
Just pure execution.
Elian stepped forward, arms spread.
We don't have to do this.
Omega tilted her head, you don't have to breathe either.
She raised a hand — and Elian was thrown against the wall without touching her.
Slam.
Silence.
No movement.
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Chaos erupted.
Helix Siblings scattered.
Some ran. Others attacked each other.
Ares grabbed Aria's wrist.
She's not stable. We have to bring her down — now.
But Aria froze.
She was staring at Elian's lifeless body, their last words echoing:
"You're not our savior. You're our mother"
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She turned to Ares.
I'm done running.
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Aria stepped into the arena.
Her eyes lit gold.
Omega turned. Smiled.
Finally the original dares to fight the upgrade.
Aria's Helix ability isn't just strength or speed.
It's mimicry through memory. She can temporarily absorb any Helix sibling's ability — if she's emotionally connected to them.
And Elian?
They unlocked her memory.
Her pain. Her truth.
Now their ability… was hers.
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Omega lunged.
Too fast. Too precise.
Aria countered — not with power, but pre-knowledge.
She read Omega's strike before it landed.
She moved, flipped, drove her palm into Omega's chest.
Omega staggered back — confused.
You're not supposed to know that.
I learned it from someone who mattered,Aria whispered.
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Suddenly, Ares joined the fight, spinning with a steel baton.
He struck Omega from behind, and Aria and Ares moved in perfect sync.
Left. Right. Trap. Break.
But Omega was too fast.
She split the arena floor with a scream that shattered glass.
Ares was thrown into the pit.
Aria was left alone.
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Omega stepped forward.
You can't save them all.
Aria's fists tightened. Her voice shook.
No.
But I can burn everything you stand for.
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Aria's palms lit — golden sparks crackling.
She closed her eyes.
And unlocked Phase Two.
Her skin glowed. Her heartbeat slowed.
Time around her bent
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Aria's Phase Two is neural time-slipping — for six seconds, she can shift her perception into micro-movements, like a living quantum processor.
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She moved before Omega could blink.
Strike.
Dodge.
Break.
Omega fell to one knee.
Bleeding. Shocked. Laughing.
So… the original does have teeth.
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Before Aria could finish it — Gunshot.
She turned.
Liam stood, gun smoking.
But Omega was still alive.
Behind her…another sibling.
One Aria trusted.
One who just fired at her.
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One of the Helix siblings — Kira (Subject H05) — was working for Augustin all along.
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Aria fell to the floor, bleeding from the side.
Liam screamed.
Omega disappeared in the chaos
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Silence.
Dust.
Blood.
Elian was dead.
Omega escaped.
Aria was down.
The siblings were fractured.
And in the distance… The Red Tower began counting down.
SELF-DESTRUCT IN: 2 HOURS.
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❓ Reader Questions:
1. Who should Aria trust now that one of her own turned on her?
2. Can Ares truly be loyal — or is he still following orders?
3. Will Aria survive this wound — or awaken something darker to heal herself?
4. Should the Red Tower be destroyed… or used against Augustin?