**INT. CHRONOS TOWER TEMPORAL LABORATORY - CONTINUOUS**
The temporal explosion erupts in a blinding flash of white light, consuming everything. Valentine and Kane are thrown backward as the temporal key destabilizes, creating a swirling vortex of temporal energy.
David!
Thorne reaches out, but the explosion intensifies. Elara grabs his arm, pulling him back as the laboratory begins to collapse around them.
We have to go! Now!
They stumble back through the disintegrating doorway just as the temporal key detonates completely. The shockwave sends them flying down the corridor.