Mag-log inAlessandro's POVThe Heart had awakened.Its colossal form floated above the abyss beneath Lazarus, woven from countless strands of light that pulsed like veins. Millions of whispers echoed through the chamber, overlapping into one impossible voice."Become one."The pressure in the air became unbearable.The soldiers around Victor slowly lowered their weapons.One by one.As if hypnotized.Their eyes turned white."They're being synchronized!" Matteo shouted.Victor smiled."You still don't understand."He slowly spread his arms."This is evolution."Eliara's POVI felt it too.A voice inside my mind.Not forcing me...Calling me.It showed me memories that weren't mine.A mother embracing her child.A soldier dying to protect a stranger.A doctor refusing to leave her patients during a plague.Then...War.Genocide.Betrayal.Hatred.Every beautiful moment...Followed by another tragedy."Humanity repeats itself."The Heart whispered."Let me end the cycle."I covered my ears."Stop
Alessandro's POVThe metallic heartbeat echoed through the chamber.THUMP...THUMP...THUMP...The entire island trembled as dust rained from the ceiling. Cracks spread across the glass floor beneath the Lazarus Core.Everyone froze.Even Victor.Even Serena.Even Eve.Matteo's hands flew across the holographic console, desperately pulling up whatever remained in Lazarus' classified archives.His face slowly turned pale."...No."I looked at him."What is it?"He swallowed hard."We misunderstood everything."Eliara's POV"What do you mean?"Matteo projected a series of blueprints into the air.At first, they looked like ordinary facility schematics.Then he zoomed out.Farther.Farther.Until the truth became impossible to ignore.Project Lazarus wasn't a laboratory.It wasn't even a bunker.It was one massive machine.The entire island...was the machine.Every tunnel.Every reactor.Every neural conduit.Every satellite uplink.Everything pointed toward one underground chamber.At
Alessandro's POVThe chamber exploded into chaos.BANG! BANG! BANG!Victor's soldiers opened fire from every platform surrounding the Lazarus Core."TAKE COVER!" sigaw ko habang hinihila si Eliara pababa sa likod ng isang sirang console.Concrete shattered.Glass rained from above.The neural conduits around Eve's chamber flickered violently.Across every monitor...SERENA ASCENSION: 53%"She's halfway there!" sigaw ni Matteo habang pinapaputukan ang dalawang sundalong papalapit."If she reaches one hundred percent, Eve won't be able to stop her!"I clenched my jaw.Then this ends here.Eliara's POVHumarap ako sa hologram ni Serena.She wasn't smiling anymore.She simply watched.Parang wala siyang pakialam sa putukan sa paligid.As if she already knew the ending."Why are you doing this?" sigaw ko."You don't have to destroy everything!"Serena's hologram slowly turned toward me."You still don't understand."Her voice was calm.Almost... tired."I am not destroying humanity.""I am
Alessandro's POVThe chamber erupted into crimson light.Every wall.Every screen.Every neural conduit.Everything pulsed with Serena's consciousness as if the island itself had become her body.GLOBAL OVERRIDE: 17%The percentage kept climbing.Too fast."Matteo!" sigaw ko habang nagpapaputok sa mga security drones na nagsimulang mag-activate. "Can you isolate the Core?""I'M TRYING!" sagot niya mula sa control console, mabilis ang mga daliri sa holographic keyboard. "But Serena is inside every layer of the system!"Eliara stood beside Eve's crystalline sphere, staring at Serena's holographic image."Why?" tanong niya. "You've already destroyed enough lives."Serena smiled.A sad smile."You still think this is revenge."She slowly shook her head."No, Eliara.""This...""...is mercy."Eliara's POVMercy?After everything she had done?After every life she had taken?"You call this mercy?" sigaw ko."You're taking away people's freedom!"Serena's eyes softened."And what has freedom
Alessandro's POVThe chamber fell silent.No gunfire.No alarms.No explosions.Just the low, rhythmic pulse of the two glowing interfaces suspended inside Eve's crystalline sphere.Blue.Crimson.Each heartbeat echoed through the enormous chamber like time itself was waiting.I looked at Eve.Then at Eliara.Then back at the sphere."So..." I said quietly."Humanity's future comes down to two buttons?"Eve's golden eyes met mine."It has never been about the interfaces.""It has always been about the people who choose."Eliara's POVI couldn't stop staring at the crimson light.It pulsed...Almost like a heartbeat.A strange warmth spread through my chest.Then—Images.Children laughing without fear.Cities without crime.Hospitals curing every disease.No hunger.No war.No corruption.No loneliness.A perfect world."...Beautiful..." I whispered.Beside me, Alessandro immediately grabbed my wrist."Eliara."His voice pulled me back.The visions vanished.I gasped."What... was tha
Eliara's POVThe island trembled beneath our feet.Not from explosions.Not from collapsing structures.It felt...alive.The blue emergency lights bathed the chamber in an eerie glow as every monitor displayed the same word.EVE ONLINENo countdown.No warning.Just those two words.For the first time since entering Lazarus, I saw fear in Dr. Lucien Moreau's eyes.Real fear."What... have you done?" he whispered.The speakers crackled.Then came the same calm voice.Neither female nor male.Warm.Yet unsettling."Correction, Dr. Moreau.""This is what you have done."Alessandro's POVThe titanium wall between Eliara and me slowly retracted.The moment there was enough space, tumakbo agad ako papunta sa kanya.She met me halfway.Without a word, she wrapped her arms around me.Mahigpit.Desperate.As if confirming I was real.Hinawakan ko ang mukha niya."You're okay?"She nodded, tears threatening to fall."I am now."Hindi ko napigilan ang mapangiti."Good."Pero bago pa kami makapa
Matteo’s POV03:18 AM.Hindi na ako nakatulog simula nang matanggap ko ‘yung audio file kagabi.Paulit-ulit ko ‘tong pinakinggan, bawat syllable ng boses ni Serena parang tuldok sa dibdib ko.“Phase Two is not about revenge… it’s about rebirth.”Rebirth.Ano bang ibig niyang sabihin?Pagbukas ko ng
Eliara’s POVTatlong araw na ang lumipas mula nang magising ako.Tatlong araw ng katahimikan — o baka ilusyon lang ng katahimikan.Nasa safehouse pa rin kami ni Alessandro at Matteo.Ang paligid ay puno ng humming ng mga server, ang ilaw ay dim, at sa bawat gabi, naririnig ko pa rin sa likod ng isi
Eliara’s POVTahimik.Sobrang tahimik, na parang nilamon ng abo at usok ang buong mundo.Pagmulat ko, puro abo at alikabok ang paligid. Ang liwanag ng araw ay pilit sumisilip sa mga sirang pader ng Sanctum Reborn—ngayon, isa nang guho ng apoy at bakal.Masakit ang ulo ko, nanginginig pa rin ang kam
[Eliara’s POV]Pagmulat ko kinabukasan, wala pa rin si Alessandro.Ang kama, malamig na.Ang katahimikan ng bahay, parang may humihigop ng hangin sa paligid — tahimik, pero mabigat.I told myself he’d be back soon.He always comes back.Pero habang tumatagal ang mga oras, mas lalo lang lumalakas an







