All Chapters of CHAOS COLLEGE : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The corridor trembled beneath Lila’s feet. Dust fell from the ceiling like ash from a funeral pyre, and sparks shot from exposed wiring, igniting small bursts of fire along the cracked floor. Every step she took felt precarious, as though the base itself wanted to swallow her whole.Harper’s voice surged inside her mind, sharp and insistent: You can’t escape me. You’re weak. Give in.Lila gritted her teeth, forcing herself to focus. No. Not today.Her red aura flared faintly, trembling but alive, a small shield against Harper’s insidious whispers. She clenched her fists and felt the familiar pulse of psychic energy thrumming through her veins. Every instinct screamed at her to run—but she knew Harper’s control would follow.Ahead, the corridor split into two paths. To the left, a stairwell leading upward toward possible escape. To the right, a network of maintenance tunnels—unstable, but potentially a shortcut past Harper’s traps.Choose wisely, Harper hissed. Every step is mine to co

The service shaft was dark, cramped, and suffocating. Sparks shot from exposed wires, igniting pockets of smoke that twisted in the dim light. Lila’s lungs burned, but she forced herself to keep moving. Harper’s presence still lingered, whispering venomously inside her mind: You survived me once. You cannot survive me again.I already have, Lila thought, clenching her fists. Her aura flickered faintly red, the fragments of her power stabilizing. I am me. Not you. Not anyone else.Cade and Adrian flanked her, both tense, scanning the shadows. Every step seemed to echo with the weight of the collapsing base, every vibration a potential death sentence.Ahead, Evelyn and Riley blocked the narrow corridor. Their combined presence was a storm of menace—Evelyn’s calculating cruelty, Riley’s cold precision, and the latent power radiating from both. Lila’s heart hammered, but she refused to falter.Evelyn’s smirk was sharp, her eyes glittering in the dim light. “You’ve grown stronger, Lila. Bu

The night air was thick with smoke, ash, and the lingering scent of burned metal. Lila, Cade, and Adrian stumbled out of the ruins of the base, their lungs aching from the heat and suffocating smoke. Sparks still flared from scattered debris, creating a chaotic staccato of light that flickered across their exhausted faces.Lila sank to the ground, her chest heaving, legs trembling. She had survived—but only barely. Harper’s residual energy still pulsed within her, faint but dangerous, like a coiled snake ready to strike.Adrian knelt beside her, carefully examining the red aura that shimmered around her, weakened but not gone. “You’ve done incredibly well, Lila,” he said softly. “You’ve managed to push Harper back almost entirely. But she’s still there. You need time to recover.”“I know,” Lila muttered, wiping soot from her cheek. Her hands shook slightly as she flexed them, feeling the lingering psychic tremors. “But she’s not gone. Not really. And Evelyn… Riley… they’re still out t

The night was deceptively quiet. Outside the warehouse, the city slept—or at least it seemed so. The distant glow from the ruins of the base still smoldered, a faint reminder of the chaos that had almost claimed them. Lila’s body ached, but her mind refused rest. Harper’s whispers were low but persistent, like the hum of electricity in a dark room:You cannot escape me. I will find a way. I am inevitable.Lila shivered but held her ground. You are weakened. I control you now. You exist because I allow it.Her aura shimmered faintly, red light curling around her like protective flames. Cade sat near the edge of the warehouse, sharpening a metal pipe with meticulous precision. Adrian pored over maps and device schematics, his focus absolute. The three of them were preparing for the unknown—but the unknown had arrived sooner than expected.A sudden pulse of energy radiated from the far end of the warehouse. It was faint at first, just a flicker in the darkness, but it quickly intensified

The warehouse trembled under the weight of the night. Every shadow seemed alive, stretching and twisting unnaturally as if reacting to the tension in the air. Sparks danced across shattered concrete, and flickering lights cast jagged patterns across the walls. Lila’s chest heaved, her aura pulsing red and black like a living storm. Harper’s voice slithered through her mind, venomous and insistent:You cannot control me forever… You will falter… You will fail…Not tonight, Lila thought, aura flaring brighter, energy spiraling outward like fire. I am in control now. I survive. I fight.Cade’s fists clenched as he stood beside her, eyes scanning every flickering shadow. Adrian hovered slightly behind, his psychic energy coiling protectively around her like a living shield. The two were her anchors, steady against the chaos threatening to rip her apart.Then, at the far edge of the warehouse, a pulse of energy illuminated the darkness. Lila froze, every instinct screaming danger. The puls