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Chapter 20 - "Always Getting Problems"(19)

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🍴 Scene 1: Nkumkani's Escape Plan

Nkumkani grabs kitchen utensils and broken weapons, forcing Sasha, Trish, and Jordan toward the back door.

Nkumkani – Stay close. Don't look back.

The pounding outside grows louder, shadows stretching across the walls.

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🪞 Scene 2: Damon's Reflection

Damon stumbles into the bathroom, staring at his blood‑stained face in the mirror.

> Damon – I can't fail Nkumkani's family… not like I failed mine.

A screech echoes outside. Damon grips his gun tighter, determination burning in his eyes.

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👁️ Scene 3: Trish's Window

Trish peers through her window. A grotesque clay creature with hollow eyes slams against the glass, shrieking.

> Trish – Nkumkani!

Nkumkani rushes in, pulling her away and locking the door as the creature claws furiously.

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🟢 Scene 4: Jason's Change

Jason collapses, half his skin turning light green, veins glowing faintly.

> Sasha – Jason!!! Oh my god!

His body convulses, torn between human and monster.

Damon raises his gun, torn between saving or ending him.

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🚪 Scene 5: Nathan's Arrival

The door bangs violently. Jordan opens it to find Nathan, soaked in monster blood.

Nathan staggers inside, eyes wide.

> Nathan – Nkumkani… we've got a problem.

The room falls silent as the horn glows faintly in Nkumkani's hand.

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🌿 Scene 6: Colton's Cocoon Expands

Elsewhere, Colton's cocoon grows larger, glowing brighter.

Dean panics.

> Dean – What's happening to him?!

Dr. Sixty Sixty adjusts his instruments.

> Dr. Sixty Sixty – Evolvement. When a monster nears death, it cocoons and emerges stronger.

> Dean – So if I almost die… I evolve too?

> Dr. Sixty Sixty – Yes. But survival is never guaranteed.

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🇳🇬 Scene 7: Nigeria – Chinelo's Awakening

In a hospital, Chinelo Okafor, 18, lies

trembling. Safeguarded people watch in agony as her body shifts.

Her skin ripples, eyes glowing faintly.

> Chinelo – What… is happening to me?

The staff recoil, realizing she is transforming into something new.

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📜 Scene 8: Elijah's Memory

Elijah, in his Paper Monster form, recalls fighting alongside Tiago.

His body flickers between human and monster.

> Elijah – I can control this… I must help Tiago master it too.

He steadies himself, half‑human, half‑monster, determined to guide his fallen friend.

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⚔️ Scene 9: Aerila's Fight

Aerila enters a ruined building. A monster lunges at her, claws flashing.

She counters with precision, blades slicing through its flesh.

> Aerila – I will not fall here.

Her defiance echoes as more monsters swarm.

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🏫 Scene 10: School Under Siege

Skinwalkers flood the hallways and classrooms. Students scream, barricading doors with desks.

Ricchard slashes through attackers, protecting Mike.

> Ricchard – Fight! Or die!

Blood sprays across the walls as the school becomes a battlefield.

🌌 Scene 11: The Quantum Beast

In the melting basement, Roxy Blacx lets out a scream that vibrates at a subatomic level. His body shimmers, flickering between different positions in the room simultaneously. He has become a Quantum Beast, existing in multiple states at once.

Trixie: "Roxy! Snap out of it! You're tearing the floor apart!" Trixie lashes out with his bioluminescent octopus tentacles, trying to anchor Roxy to reality, but his limbs pass right through Roxy's shifting form.

👁️ Scene 12: Phantom Pillar

Inside the Innate Domain, Casper plants his feet. He ignores the Aizen clones and focuses on the spiritual pressure of the room.

Casper: "Technique I: Phantom Pillar!" A massive column of ethereal blue energy erupts from the ground directly beneath the real Aizen. The strike doesn't hit the body; it pins Aizen's soul to the ceiling of his own domain, cracking the purple sky.

🕸️ Scene 13: The High-Stakes Kidnapping

At the ruined fight club, Nathan Moya and Lucifer stand over a bound Anansi. Nathan's cursed energy smoke rises from his knuckles.

Lucifer: "The M.O.D.S.S. wants you for your silk, Spider-Man. But we want you for your memories of the Great Gate." They haul the thrashing Man-Spider into the shadows just as M.O.D.S.S. backup arrives to find an empty ring.

💖 Scene 14: The Demon's Price

Infernal stands face-to-face with Romance Valentine. The air is thick with the scent of roses and sulfur.

Romance: "I'll stop the war, Infernal. I'll even pull my brothers back to Hell. But I'm lonely. Find me a boyfriend worthy of a Prince, and I'll leave this city in peace." Infernal: "Uh... I'm a demon of fire and rage, not a matchmaker. But... okay? I'll see what I can do."

🏜️ Scene 15: The Sands of Egypt

In a bustling market in Cairo, the ground heaves. Hasbul the seller points a trembling finger at the sand.

Hasbul: "The prophecy of the Sand Boy! The Pharaoh's son wakes!" A giant, jewel-encrusted scarab beetle bursts from the earth. Jerry adjusts his glasses, looking totally bored. Jerry: "I was just here for the geography tour. Fine. Zodiac One: The Dragon!" Jerry's arms transform into golden-scaled dragon claws, and he meets the beetle's charge with a strike that sends a shockwave through the Great Pyramids.

🐀 Scene 16: Toby's Fury

Back at the school, Toby the Wolpertinger is a blur of fur and antlers. He is locked in a savage struggle with the Rat of Rot.

Toby: "You smell like a graveyard and you're ruining my school!" Toby uses his paradoxical speed to bite into the Rat's neck, his antlers glowing with a light that seems to burn away the Rat's decay.

🐕 Scene 17: Sirius Protocol

Lessy (the half-human dog combatant) stands between a group of terrified freshmen and a three-headed Skinwalker.

Lessy: "Threat level: Significant. Engaging Sirius Martial Arts." She moves with robotic fluidity, her strikes targeting the creature's soul-joints. She doesn't have magic, but her combat efficiency is terrifying to behold.

🖋️ Scene 18: Albert's Blood Sacrifice

Albert Einstein is trembling as he draws on the library floor. The Silver Knight is losing its shine.

Albert: "If I don't give it more... it will fade." He draws a "Heart of Steam" onto the Knight's chest using the last of his red ink. The Knight roars, its mechanical joints hissing with new, desperate power.

🧪 Scene 19: Solomon's Observation

Solomon Forge, the blind M.O.D.S.S. agent, stands on a rooftop. He "sees" the energy of the Zodiac in Egypt and the Holy in Redfern.

Solomon: "The pieces are moving faster than the Director predicted. The Zeno Rank is within reach for someone... but who?"

🌊 Scene 20: The Kelpie's Song

In the forest, the Kelpie tries to pull Ignatius into the river.

Ignatius: "Wait! I remember... I remember a girl. Magika?" His fire flares up, turning the river water into steam and forcing the water horse back. The memory of Magika acts as an anchor, keeping him from drowning in the spirit's trap.

🌪️ Scene 21: The Convergence Expands

The The Twisted God of Suffering laughs as he feels Casper cracking Aizen's domain.

Twisted: "Good! Break it! The more domains that shatter, the more my Endless Suffering can consume!" The city's geography begins to loop—people running out of the city find themselves walking back into the school.

🤰 Scene 22: Magika's Burden

Kaelen watches as Magika (Elara) creates a field of protective runes around the younger students.

Kaelen: "You're overextending. The baby's energy is fluctuating." Magika: "If I don't protect them, there won't be a world for this baby to grow up in!"

🌑 Scene 23: Liam's Quiet Streets

The monster-form Liam Knull enters a residential area. Every Skinwalker there stops and bows. They recognize him as a higher-tier predator. Liam ignores them, his black-hole eyes fixed on the school. He is looking for someone... but he can't remember who.

🏛️ Scene 24: The Library Vault

The Dye Scroll inside the school begins to glow through the metal of its safe. It senses Alastor (The Lanternfly) approaching. The scroll begins to leak "Primal Ink," which starts painting new, terrifying monsters onto the library walls.

🦍 Scene 25: Prabhu's Warning

Back in the jungle, the tribe leader Prabhu looks at the empty pedestal where the Book of All sat.

Prabhu: "The humans have taken the Weight of the World. May their shoulders be broad enough to carry it."

🦴 Scene 26: Percy's Hesitation

Percy Cougar stands over the Acid Kaiju he just clawed. He hears the human voice from inside.

Voice: "Please... it's dark in here..." Percy shifts back into human form, his eyes wide. He realizes the Kaiju aren't just monsters—they are living prisons for the people who were first infected.

⚡ Scene 27: Theo's Coma

Theo lies in the school infirmary. Small sparks of yellow lightning jump from his skin to the metal bedframe. In his mind, he is standing in a field of static, facing a giant bird made of thunder.

🧟 Scene 28: Ricchard's Pact

Ricchard looks at Mike, who is struggling with his growing angel wings.

Ricchard: "Mike, if the light becomes too much, I'll be your shadow. I promise." Mike nods, gripping Ricchard's multi-armed hand. An unlikely bond between a Skinwalker and an Angel-vessel is formed.

🧬 Scene 29: Jason's Green Fever

Jason looks at his green, glowing arm. He touches a dead plant on the windowsill, and it instantly blooms into a massive, carnivorous flower.

Jason: "I... I think I can make things grow, Sasha. But they look... angry."

📖 Scene 30: The Final Page

Nathan Moya opens the Book of All. The book doesn't show text this time. It shows a mirror. Nathan sees himself, but he has 100 wings and eyes made of stars.

The Book: "Choose, Nathan. The King of Monsters, or the End of Everything?"

The board is set for a massive collision! Would you like me to focus on Jerry's Zodiac battle in Egypt, or the search for a boyfriend for the Demon Prince Romance?

🚌 Scene 31: The Bus to Redfern

The local bus rumbles along the highway toward the glowing, purple skyline of Redfern Ridge. Inside, Miujing Chang sits quietly in the back, his two halves—White and Black—constantly shifting beneath his skin.

Tokyo Itadori, the Cunning Fox, slides into the seat behind him. With a magician's sleight of hand, Tokyo's fingers graze the ancient Ying-Yang jade hanging from Miujing's neck.

Miujing's eyes snap open. Without turning around, he delivers a backwards mule-kick that shatters the bus seat and sends Tokyo flying into the driver's partition.

Miujing: (In Chinese) You damn fox! You think a common thief can touch a Rhakki of the Balance?

Tokyo wipes a smudge of blood from his lip, a playful smirk on his face. He pulls a sleek, silver handgun from his jacket, but instead of lead, the barrel glows with illusionary blue energy.

Tokyo: I don't want the jade, Panda-boy. I want the chaos it brings!

Tokyo fires, and the bus is suddenly filled with a thousand holographic snakes. Miujing roars, splitting his body into two—the White Panda catching the "bullets" with palm-strikes, while the Black Panda lunges through the illusions to grab Tokyo by the throat. The bus swerves violently as the driver flees, leaving the two warriors to tear the vehicle apart as it barrels toward the city limits.

🏛️ Scene 32: The Blind Knowledge

Solomon Forge stands in the center of the Main Street intersection. He senses the bus approaching, the Zodiac energy in Egypt, and the pulse of the Book of All. He reaches into his coat and pulls out a small, glass sphere.

Solomon: The variables are shifting. The "Leak" isn't a flood; it's a harvest.

He crushes the sphere, and a wave of All-Knowing Knowledge ripples out, temporarily paralyzing every monster within a five-block radius, giving the M.O.D.S.S. agents a moment to reload.

🎨 Scene 33: Albert's Final Ink

Albert Einstein is nearly unconscious. His Silver Knight is cracked, its shield shattered by an Infamous. Albert looks at his sketchbook, his vision blurring.

Albert: One... last... drawing.

He draws a simple, crude sun. As the ink hits the paper, a miniature star ignites in the middle of the library, blinding the Skinwalkers and cauterizing the wounds of the nearby students.

🧪 Scene 34: The Kopy's Overload

Raaken is shaking. By trying to mimic Solomon's rank, he has accidentally opened a "Window" into the Zeno Rank. He sees The Worshipped—not as a monster, but as a mathematical equation.

Raaken: Nkumkani... the Horn... it's the "Divide" symbol! We have to break it to stop the equation!

🌊 Scene 35: The Kelpie's End

Ignatius finally unleashes his full power. He doesn't just create fire; he turns the river into a pressurized steam explosion. The Kelpie shrieks as its watery form is evaporated into nothingness. Ignatius stands on the dry riverbed, his memories of Magika finally clear.

Ignatius: I'm coming for you, Elara.

👼 Scene 36: The Holy vs. The Devil

The sky over Redfern Ridge splits. On one side, Hicham (The Holy) radiates a terrifying, cold gold. On the other, Yuji stands enveloped in the dark orange liquid of The Devil, his eyes glowing with hellish fire.

The Holy: You are an impurity, Yuji. The Devil (through Yuji): And you're a tyrant, Hicham. Let's see which cosmic entity has more teeth.

🦇 Scene 37: The Hybrid's Victory

In the fight club, Kim Lee (the Vampire-Werewolf Hybrid) stands over the broken body of Zekial Ironfist. He hasn't just won; he has absorbed the cyborg's energy. Kim's claws are now tipped with electrified steel.

Anansi: (Cackling) The ultimate evolution! The Worshipped will be pleased!

🐀 Scene 38: The Rat's Final Rot

The Rat of Rot begins to melt into a puddle of toxic sludge, attempting to seep into the school's water supply. Toby the Wolpertinger dives into the sludge, his paradoxical nature protecting him from the decay. He starts "eating" the rot, neutralizing the toxin at the cost of his own fur turning a sickly grey.

🍼 Scene 39: The Convergence Peak

Magika screams as a massive contraction hits. The Convergence: Mother's Protection expands so far that it pushes The Twisted God of Suffering out of the school territory entirely.

Kaelen: The baby... it's coming! Now?! In the middle of an apocalypse?!

📖 Scene 40: The Zeno Decision

Nathan Moya stands at the Ascendent Gateway. The Book of All is open, its pages screaming. Nathan sees Thanatos on one side and Alastor on the other.

Nathan: I'm not choosing Life or Death. I'm choosing the Middle.

Nathan slams his hand into the Gateway, his Cursed Energy turning a pure, transparent white—the color of Rank 100.

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