The Abandoned Heiress Is Back — where truths burn, enemies rise, and Aria's fate takes its darkest turn yet.
You thought things couldn't get worse?
Nah, this is where it truly begins.
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Location: Unknown.
Time: ???
Aria's eyes opened to white walls.
No windows,no clocks just humming machines and the faint scent of antiseptic.
Her body felt… wrong.
Not weak.
Different.
She looked down — her side wound gone.
Not bandaged healed.
Her palms glowed faintly — even though she wasn't using her powers.
Then a voice came through the speaker.
Welcome back, Subject Zero.
She froze.
That voice.
It wasn't Liam.
It wasn't Elian.
It wasn't even Augustin.
It was hers.
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Aria is being held inside a neural lab — designed by Omega.
And Omega has copied Aria's consciousness.
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A hologram lit up.
Omega's face appeared, smiling sweetly.
I fixed your body. Hope you don't mind
Where am I?
Inside the Seed Core,Omega said,itt's where I was born.
And now, it's where you'll die.
Aria stood try me.
Omega tilted her head no, Aria. You misunderstand."
You're not here to be killed.
You're here to be erased.
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Cut to:
Ares and Liam, back in the ruins of Red Tower.
Ares clutched Aria's bloodied jacket.
"She's not dead,he said.
How do you know?Liam growled.
Ares looked toward the mountains.
Because if she was, the world would already be on fire."
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Meanwhile…A flashback unlocks in Aria's mind.
Her as a child. With Mei Lin standing in a field of red poppies.
Her mother whispered:
If you're ever taken… if you're ever trapped in yourself…find the flame,not the fire the flame.
"Because the flame listens."
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Back in the Seed Core, Aria whispered the word:
Flame…the room shuddered.
Her neural cuffs sparked.
And suddenly — the lab around her cracked like glass.
Omega appeared again — but this time furious.
You weren't supposed to remember that!
Aria's body ignited — golden light tearing through her veins.
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The "Flame" Protocol Mei Lin embedded in Aria wasn't a memory.
It was a failsafe — a psychic firewall. One only Aria could trigger.
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Aria roared — and the lab collapsed inward.
Omega screamed — not in pain, but in fear.
You don't get it!she shouted.
If you kill me…YOU destroy the entire Helix line!
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Omega is the Helix Seed — the central DNA source Augustin created.
Destroying her means destroying ALL Helix subjects — including Ares, Liam… and Aria.
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Aria froze.
The light faded from her palms.
Omega smiled through tears.
You see? You're no hero.
You were never meant to win.
Only to choose who dies first.
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Cut back to Ares and Liam, following Aria's trail.
They stop outside a hidden bunker in the Arctic wild.
The door opens.
And inside?
Aria.
Eyes glowing,barefoot,silent.
Liam runs to her.
She steps back.
And says one line
I know how this ends now.
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❓ Reader Questions:
1. Should Aria risk killing Omega, even if it means ending the Helix line — including herself?
2. Is Omega truly unkillable — or is there another way?
3. What was Mei Lin's true role in creating the Flame Protocol?
4. Can Ares and Liam save Aria — or is she too far gone?