The Omega’s Silent Formula (or The Alpha's Healing Bond)
Suspended within a glowing bath of pressurized azure fluid hung the stolen Aetheric Core fragment, pulsing with a rhythmic, violent light that cast harsh geometric shadows across the stone floor.
Standing on the elevated metal platform beneath the dome was Tanya.
She wore a long, tattered coat of archive velvet over heavy insulated leather, her silver-streaked hair pulled back tightly. Her sharp, aristocratic face bore a jagged frostbite scar across her cheek, and her eyes burned with the manic, unhinged brilliance of a scholar who had crossed the boundary into madness. Flanking her were six heavily armored retainers of the Obsidian Eclipse, their weapons locked onto the entrance tunnel.