Tia's warning hung in the air, a cold, digital prophecy of doom. A dimensional tear. A full-scale, all-out attack. The words echoed in the tense silence of the Conflux's central chamber, a brutal reminder that the Architects' retaliation was only just beginning. The team, a circle of brilliant minds and fierce wills, looked from Jaden's unconscious form to each other, a silent understanding passing between them. He had entrusted them with Genesis, and now, with him in a coma, they had to prove they were worthy of that trust. The weight of his unconsciousness felt heavier than any physical burden.
Kaela Rho, her face a mask of iron resolve, was the first to break the silence. She moved not with panic, but with the cold, deliberate focus of a soldier who has just been given an impossible order. "Tia, can you give me a location and estimated time of arrival for this dimensional tear?" she commanded, her voice cutting through the despair like a razor.
