[OPENING SCENE — SKYVAULT HQ, RUINS FROM PREVIOUS EXPLOSION ON THE NEWS]
News drones hover above the shattered remnants of VAN HQ, broadcasting live feeds of twisted metal and flickering firelight. Smoke snakes into the sky, casting long shadows over the city.
News Anchor (voice-over):
"—devastation continues this morning following the massive explosion at Vanguard Headquarters. Details remain scarce, but sources confirm the assault was internal. A betrayal from within."
Cut to: Jax helping Yuna up from the rubble, her face streaked with ash.
Jax:
"That blast… came from our own tech. Someone did this on purpose."
Kael (grim):
"Crimsa. She was the breach."
[SCENE — OUTER DISTRICT, SKYVAULT]
A high-pitched pulse rings out. Mother Null descends from a void rift, draped in layers of flowing digital light. She lands on the battlefield like a falling god. Her presence distorts gravity. SkyVault flickers.
Mother Null:
"I warned them. Order will come through collapse."
Behind her, rift-beasts crawl through the air like smoke. Nullborn shades ripple from the cracks in space.
[SCENE — VAN HQ REINFORCEMENT POINT]
The Vanguards rally. Kael, Echo-7, Irion, Yuna, Veya, Jax, Tari, and Aurix charge into position.
Aurix (to the team):
"Hold the line. Crimsa was just the start. Mother Null is here. We finish this."
[BATTLE MONTAGE — NULL WAR]
Kael clashes with rift-beasts, his flames struggling to stay lit against the vacuum of Null energy.
Yuna binds two Nullborns using blooming psychic vines while shielding Echo-7.
Jax sends a thunderclap so loud it shatters a hovering Nullborn's limbs.
Tari rains starlight from above, laser-focused, her sniping eye glowing bright.
Irion becomes pure shadow and decimates dozens of beasts in silence.
[SCENE — VEYA VS CRIMSA]
Veya corners Crimsa near a collapsing tower. Crimsa now dons her true suit—black with blood-red glyphs pulsing across her arms.
Veya (panting):
"You did all this… for her?!"
Crimsa (cold):
"This world doesn't need saving. It needs restarting. I gave you a place. You gave me hope. And then took it away."
She lunges. Blades clash. Veya's pistols fire, but Crimsa warps behind her and slashes deep across Veya's back.
Crimsa:
"You were always the weakest."
Veya coughs blood but kicks her off. She throws a sonic mine and escapes into the rubble.
[SCENE — MOTHER NULL ARRIVAL AT CORE TOWER]
The team regroups. They watch as Mother Null lifts the entire tower with one hand.
Kael:
"She's bending reality… we need to cut her off from the rift. Echo?!"
Echo-7:
"Already splicing it! Need ten more seconds!"
As Null hurls debris like meteors, Crimsa appears again. This time, she heads straight for Yuna.
Irion (shouting):
"Crimsa! Stop!"
Crimsa:
"No more mercy. No more masks."
[FINAL SCENE — TIPPING POINT]
Veya, bleeding, reappears and hurls a last-ditch explosive toward Crimsa, throwing her off course just as she was about to strike Kael.
Null charges a wave of Void Pulse energy. Just before she releases it, Tari snipes her core lens, forcing her back. Kael leaps and delivers a searing slash across her mask. Null retreats through a collapsing rift.
Mother Null (echoing):
"You're delaying the inevitable. Collapse is mercy."
The battlefield calms. Crimsa is gone. The team stands bloodied, burned, but standing.
Kael (panting): "This was Phase Three. What's next?"
[TO BE CONTINUED...]