đ Omega Reawakens
The alley behind the burned-out metro station was empty â except for Liam.
He waited in the shadows, watching the power surge flicker through the city's grid.
She was near.
No signal hit that hard unless it carried Omega code.
And only one person had ever made it bend.
> Aria.
His fingers curled into fists inside his jacket. His heartbeat refused to slow. Not even after all these years.
Then a figure stepped through the smoke.
At first glance: a girl. Wet from the rain, face dim under flickering neon.
But when their eyes metâ
His breath caught.
> Gold and blue.
Aria's eyes.
"Aria?" he said, voice hoarse.
She stopped.
Didn't speak.
Just stared.
> "Nova," she finally said. "Mostly."
> "But you knew I wasn't gone⊠didn't you?"
Liam took a cautious step forward.
"Tell me who you are."
She tilted her head, eyes flickering faint static.
> "I don't fully know yet."
> "I'm what was left behind. What Helix tried to bury."
> "I'm her. I'm not her. I'm what happened when she died⊠and refused to stay dead."
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đ Flashback â Liam
He remembered the last time he saw Aria.
Flames behind her. Genesis screaming. Her body glowing like a star about to collapse.
She had turned to him â tear-streaked, trembling.
> "Don't follow me, Liam."
> "This is the only way I win."
Then she vanished.
He had spent every day since wondering what that win had cost her.
Now, he had his answer.
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đ„ Present â Liam & Nova-Aria
Liam stepped closer until they were only feet apart.
"Do you remember me?"
The girl didn't answer right away.
ThenâŠ
> "My body doesn't," she said.
"But something in me aches when I hear your voice."
His throat tightened.
> "Then that's enough."
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𧏠Final Lines
Nova-Aria glanced at the skyline.
"There's more coming," she said. "Helix has another lab. Hidden. And they're not just building weapons anymore."
"What then?"
She looked him dead in the eye.
> "They're building gods."