Corruptors Horizon Zero Dawn Novels & Stories

We didn't let the darkness win. END OF VOLUME ONE

Dawn spoke as she looked so broken and fragile, “fucking bastards! Stefan and his father that bastard uncle of mine, with the help of the council they were able to corrupt me. And declared me as a threat to the coven, so they locked me here, they thought that I would die but I am also a tough nut to crack. I am not going to die that easily. I am going to get back on track and kill them all.” Dawn said with gritted teeth, her face was as pale as paper and her hands were thin and cold as ice, she looked like she was very sick and was on a verge of death but she was barely holding on. Ashely smiled when she saw, she knew that Dawn was the person she had to get on her side at all costs. People d

The craft had began to descend and we moved to reunite with the rest of our team. We finally got reunited with Vicegrip and Warzone. Things were not looking good, however. Seeing how Carrie had gone with the Alligience and now we knew how exactly how Ethos was going to commit Mass genocide. Well, I hate to break this little a romance between you two. Darrell said referring to Eric and Adrian. But how we supposed to stop ethos and now that he has both the machine and the hybrid to use it? I may be able to provide some assistance with that. Zirocco said as his voice branched out from our communicators.

They walked into the darkness of the tunnels, heading deeper, toward the warning signs that read RADIATION HAZARD: DO NOT ENTER. As they crossed the threshold into the Dead Zone, Ren looked back one last time at the lights of the city above. The Citadel spire glowed in the distance—a beacon of wealth and power, piercing the smog. Somewhere up there, the Admin was watching a screen, wondering how a squad of three glitches had defeated a heavily armed hit team. "We're coming for you," Ren whispered to the spire. "And we're bringing the ghosts with us." He turned his back on the light and walked into the dark.

The darkness hissed and shrieked, clawing at the air in a desperate attempt to escape, but the forge’s magic held firm. Aria pushed forward inside me. “It’s working.” I exhaled sharply, feeling the weight in my chest finally loosen. For days, we had searched for a way to undo the corruption that Zerathos had tainted me with. For days, we had argued over whose life had to be sacrificed to rid one of his corruption. And now, at last, it was happening. The rogue’s body went still, his face frozen in an expression of shock and agony. His lips parted slightly as if he wanted to speak—but no sound came. His head fell to the side, his lifeless eyes staring into nothing.

"The chaos anchor. That's what Ouroboros wanted from Alcatraz. Not the girl—her power." Jack caught Haley before she hit the ground. His vision was fading, the corruption demanding its price. "It's over, Alpha." Charon advanced slowly. "You've exhausted yourself, your allies are broken, and in—" He checked his watch. "—eight minutes, the window for your beacon closes forever." Jack looked at Haley's unconscious face. At Marcus, barely standing. At the corridor behind him, where Katherine and Olivia waited. He made his choice. The corruption exploded outward—not as an attack, but as a barrier. Black energy crystallized around them, sealing off the corridor completely.

“The corruption spell was perfectly calibrated. The problem wasn’t my magic, it was their bond. They’re stronger than anticipated.” “You SAID the healer would give us everything we needed!” “And she did. She gave us essence, access, timing—everything.” Ravenna’s smile was sharp. “She just didn’t account for Selene Duskbane being absolutely unhinged enough to absorb corruption magic directly. That was… unexpected.” “Unexpected.” Fenris laughed, bitter and harsh. “My entire strategy was built on that corruption working. On Dorian going feral and tearing his own pack apart. And now?”

**[WARNING: MULTIPLE-USER COLLISION]** **[INCONSISTENCY DETECTED]** **[RE-FORMATTING... ERROR]** **[ERROR]** **[ERROR]** The Zero-Point tower began to shake. Outside, the Ring of Ghosts fractured. The Harvester-Colossus let out a sound like a dying whale as its "Logic-Core" was flooded with the "Inconsistency" of our love.

If he wants to see the glitch in his perfect world, I will show him exactly how much it's going to cost him to fix it. Valerius raises the watch, and in the reflection of the glass, I see it—a countdown, glowing in red pixels that shouldn't exist in a stable system. Protocol Zero. He mouths a single word, silent beneath the hum of the dying machines. *Begin.*

Paulina glanced at her crew, thankful for their support as they approached what could be a pivotal second for Project Nexus. Across the table sat Daniel Crowe, Horizon’s lead strategist. His confident demeanor changed into a match using a glint in his eye that hinted at something monumental. “Paulina,” Daniel started, standing to greet her with a corporate handshake. “I’ve been searching ahead to this meeting. We’ve been developing something I accept as true which will redefine sustainable energy. We call it Horizon X.” Elijah’s forehead furrowed barely as he exchanged a look with Paulina. Leila raised an eyebrow but remained silent, her skepticism clear.