"We used to think the Grid held everything together. But maybe… it was just the illusion that someone was watching over us."
— Mira
Setting:
Timeline 743-B | An Earth stilled in permanent dusk
Once a thriving Ranger-led civilization—now silent. Buildings tilt, half-consumed by black vines. The sky is grey, cracked like glass. No birds. No sound. Just echoes.
The Fracture Rangers land in formation. They've followed Null Omega's energy signature here—but find… nothing.
Scene I: The Silent Earth
Kael: (voice low)
"This isn't just dead. It's been… emptied."
Thorne:
"Feels like something chewed through the soul of this place and spat out the bones."
Rin:
"We're too late again."
Mira: (scanning)
"No survivors. Null energy's lingering in the air—residue, not active. They've already moved on."
Ayla: (quietly)
"So what now?"
The team pauses. For once, not knowing what to chase. They stand in a shattered street surrounded by silence—and regret.
Rin steps forward, brushing his hand across a wall. The paint peels away, revealing a child's drawing of a red ranger with a sun behind him.
Rin (softly):
"They believed in us."
Ayla (watching him):
"They still might."
She lingers behind as the others move ahead, her gaze fixed on Rin. There's a small warmth in her chest—and guilt.
Scene II: Conversations Beneath Twilight
The Rangers take shelter in a collapsed school. The night here doesn't change. It stays twilight. Static and unnerving.
Mira sets up a scanner. Thorne cleans his blade. Kael broods by the window.
Rin sits on a broken stairwell, lost in thought.
Ayla approaches, holding a cracked helmet she found—yellow. Another version of herself.
Ayla (lightly):
"She looked cooler than me. Probably didn't make dumb jokes."
Rin: (without looking at her)
"I doubt that. You make the dumb jokes work."
She chuckles, then sits beside him.
Ayla:
"Hey… When this is all over—if we survive—I wanna show you something. My timeline. Or what's left of it."
Rin: (turning slightly)
"Why?"
Ayla:
"Because I think you'd get it. You hide stuff too. Like me."
He's quiet for a moment.
Rin (gently):
"What am I hiding?"
Ayla (smiling, but not teasing):
"I dunno. But I think I'd like to stay around long enough to find out."
Rin opens his mouth to speak—but a sharp alarm from Mira's scanner cuts the moment short.
Scene III: Incoming Collapse
Mira: (urgent)
"Grid signal spike. Across six timelines simultaneously. It's them. Null Omega, and the Null Rangers."
Thorne:
"They're tearing through timelines in sync. Coordinated."
Kael:
"Looking for something. Or someone."
Zara (from comms):
"They're breaching the final barrier. The Nexus Rift. Once that opens, the Eclipse Knight's essence won't just bleed through… it will consume."
Kael slams his fist into a broken desk.
Kael:
"Then we stop them there."
Zara:
"No. The Rift must never open. You'll need to split up. Multiple fronts, multiple teams. Buy us time."
A heavy silence.
Kael:
"Understood. Rin, Ayla—you're with me. Mira, Thorne—you hit the Beta breach. We'll reconvene at the Eye of the Rift."
They nod.
Scene IV: Closing the Chapter, Opening the War
As they prepare to teleport, Ayla lingers beside Rin again. She opens her mouth—then closes it.
Ayla:
"After this… remind me to actually tell you something."
Rin (with a faint smile):
"You just did."
In flashes of fractured light, they vanish—diving headfirst into the war across time.
Closing Lines:
As the Rangers split to protect the remaining threads of the Grid, Null Omega stands in a dark dimension—watching.
Around him, the Null Rangers have begun destabilizing the last time pillars.
Null Omega (grinning):
"It begins."
From the shadows, something vast stirs.
A half-formed voice… whispering across realities.
"Elios…"
The Eclipse Knight is awakening.
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