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Chapter 97: Core Meltdown
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2026-02-13 22:29:42"Watch out!" Jackson shoved Serenity aside just as a massive stone fist crushed the floor where she was standing.
The Sentinels were relentless. They moved with a jerky, unnatural rhythm, their eyes glowing with menacing blue light. Bullets simply sparked off their obsidian armor.
"We can't hold them!" Luke shouted, firing his assault rifle in bursts. "There are too many!"
The Elders watched from their floating platforms, emotionless. "Resistance is futile. Submit."
Alex huddled behind a piece of debris, his laptop glowing. "Dad! I can't hack them! They aren't running on code. They are running on raw bio-electricity. It's like a hive mind!"
"Then find the brain!" Jackson roared, pulling the pin on a grenade and sliding it under a Sentinel's legs. BOOM. The machine stumbled but kept coming.
"The brain is the Core!" Alex pointed to the giant glowing pillar in the center of the city. "But it's shielded! We can't touch it!"
Serenity touched the locket on her neck. It was burning hot against her skin.
She felt it. A pulsating rhythm coming from the central pillar. It felt familiar. It felt like... her own heartbeat. But twisted.
"I can touch it," Serenity whispered.
She stood up.
"Serenity, get down!" Jackson yelled.
"Cover me, Jackson," Serenity looked at him. Her eyes were starting to shimmer with a faint golden hue. "They are using my family's legacy. They are using the Element. I can take it back."
Jackson saw the resolve in her face. He didn't argue. He reloaded his last magazine.
"Luke, Sebastian, form a wedge! Protect the Queen!"
Jackson led the charge. He became a whirlwind of violence, shooting joints, using a combat knife to pry open armor plating, creating a path through the monsters.
"Clear!" Jackson shouted.
Serenity sprinted towards the central control pillar. It was a massive crystal spire, pulsing with the corrupt purple energy of the Order.
Elder Sol realized what she was doing. "Stop her! She will destabilize the grid!"
The Sentinels turned, ignoring Jackson, and lunged at Serenity.
"Not today!" Sebastian threw himself at a Sentinel, jamming his metal prosthetic leg into its gears to stop it.
Serenity reached the crystal. She slammed her hand against it.
"STOP," she commanded.
It wasn't a whisper. It was a scream from her soul.
Her blood resonated with the ancient machine. The Golden Hawk locket flashed with blinding light.
HUMMMMMM..... CRACK!
The purple light inside the crystal fought back, but Serenity poured all her anger, her love for Aurora, and her will to survive into it. The golden light overpowered the purple.
The crystal cracked.
"No!" The Elders screamed as their floating platforms lost power and crashed to the ground.
A shockwave of pure energy exploded from Serenity.
ZZZZZT!
It swept through the city like an EMP blast. Every Sentinel froze mid-step. The lights in their eyes died instantly. They turned back into lifeless stone statues.
Silence fell over the city.
The massive dome overhead groaned. Cracks began to appear on the ceiling, water dripping through.
"Warning," Alex looked at his readings. "Core stability at 0%. Self-destruct sequence... initiated."
Serenity slumped against the pillar, exhausted. Jackson caught her.
"You did it," Jackson grinned, kissing her sweaty forehead. "You literally broke the city."
"We have five minutes before the ocean crushes us," Alex grabbed his backpack. "We need to go. Now."
"The sub path is blocked!" Luke reminded them.
"The Energy Tower!" Jackson pointed to the spire in the distance that connected to the surface vents. "It has an escape pod!"
They ran. Behind them, the glorious city of Sanctuary began to crumble into the abyss.
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