The sky cracked open like a wound.White energy poured out of the portal above the city, twisting the clouds into violent spirals. The air itself felt heavier, charged with a pressure that made people in the streets stumble back in fear.Lyra and Adrian stood frozen on the observatory platform, staring upward.Something enormous was coming through.Slowly.Deliberately.A massive claw emerged first; long, armored, each talon the size of a car. Dark scales followed, glimmering with metallic veins that pulsed faintly with alien energy.Then the creature’s full body pushed through the portal.The ground trembled.Even from kilometers away, the thing was terrifying.Its body was shaped like a fusion of reptile and machine, towering easily over the tallest buildings in the capital. Its eyes glowed with cold blue light, scanning the city below.People screamed.Sirens began wailing across the streets.Adrian’s voice dropped to a whisper.“…That’s their ‘trial’?”Lyra stared at the creature,
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