Split Second Novels & Stories

“What?” “Ah-ah-I’m sup-ssssss-ssssssss-sup-supposed t-t-t-t-t-t-t-to ssss-st-sstay w-w-wi-“ I mentally cursed my inability to properly speak as Soren cut me off abruptly. “Look, I’ve got my orders and I don’t have time to listen to your stuttering mess of whatever it is you’re trying to say.”

Because part of me wasn’t feeling it at all. That Was the Worst Part Half of me was breaking. The other half was… watching. “Anna!” Sam’s voice sounded distant again, like it was being dragged away from me. Or maybe I was the one slipping. The Split Deepened My vision fractured. Not blurred. Divided. Two Perspectives One I was on the ground, shaking, gasping, my hands gripping the floor as if it could hold me together. The other I was standing. Perfectly still. Unmoving. Watching myself

I immediately place a steadying hand against her lower back before turning back toward the Elder. “What exactly happened?” I ask. The Elder walks slowly toward the window before speaking again. “The first pair triggered a civil war after rival Alphas attempted to separate them,” she says. “The second pair disappeared mysteriously before the prophecy fully awakened.” “And the third?” I ask carefully. Her silence alone is enough to make my blood run cold. Finally, she answers. “The third pair slaughtered hundreds.” Jasmine gasps softly beside me. Selene’s confident expression finally cracks slightly. But Elder Miriam quickly continues before panic fully settles.

� 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥.

*Split. The memory suddenly made terrifying sense. Ava looked back at Prototype Two. "What was split?" The smile disappeared at once. The emptiness behind his eyes deepened, and when he answered, his voice carried thirty years of hatred. "We were." The clearing fell silent. Prototype Two pointed toward himself, then toward Prototype One. "We were never separate children." Ava felt her heart stop. *No. No. No.* "We were one person." Thunder exploded across the sky. Several survivors gasped, while others began crying because they understood before Ava did.