Though Earth had found peace, its scars remained.
The sky's visit had not gone unnoticed — not just by nations, but by those few who still harbored doubt, fear, or ambition.
The presence of something greater had inspired most, but to some… it was a threat.
And one of them — a mind sharp enough to build miracles but cold enough to destroy them — had a plan.
Dr. Lucien Mercer – London, United KingdomLucien Mercer had once been a prodigy, a physicist known for building atmospheric stabilizers across Europe. But in the aftermath of the Omega Catastrophe, he lost faith in humanity's emotionalism. He believed the world was saved by science, not love.
To him, the visit from the unknown crafts was an insult.
"They observed… and left?" he scoffed, sipping black tea inside the Royal Bunker beneath old London.
"What arrogance. What power wasted."
Lucien didn't want peace.
He wanted control.
He called it the Genesis Override — a master code designed to rewrite Earth's climate, electromagnetic behavior, and communication systems. At first, it was created as a backup protocol to reset global infrastructure.
But Lucien had added something else.
A frequency disruptor.
One that mimicked the visitors' frequency… to lure them back.
Only this time, Earth wouldn't listen.
Earth would talk.
And Lucien would speak for it.
Aarya's Alarm – Greenland OutpostIn the deep snow, Aarya's personal monitoring system began to blink crimson.
Frequency anomalies.
He stared in disbelief — the same 432 Hz signal… but altered.
It had spikes of rage. Surges of interference. Something artificial was replicating the celestial tone — but weaponizing it.
He opened the emergency protocol file Elena once encrypted and read the warning:
"The frequency is a bridge. Misuse it… and you don't just break it. You provoke what's on the other side."
Aarya's heart dropped.
Lucien had hacked the frequency.
Global Reaction – New Delhi, Washington D.C., Tokyo, MoscowEvery space observatory lit up.
The triangular crafts had reappeared — but this time, they hovered farther away. Their pattern was irregular. Their pulses were faster.
Confused. Alarmed. Not hostile… yet.
Indian AI satellites ran stress predictions.
Japan's orbiters intercepted echo-signals showing neural-like networks reacting to the tone.
Russia's space radar picked up movement from beyond Pluto.
Something else… had started moving toward Earth.
Something bigger.
The kind of object that didn't fly — it drifted like a moon.
Lucien's Broadcast – World HijackLucien used his override to project himself on every global screen — phones, computers, TVs, digital walls.
His message was calm… terrifyingly so.
"To the observers beyond: I know you hear us."
"I replicated your signal. I opened the gate."
"Come back. This time, don't float. Land. Share."
"Or know that we are not a planet to study… we are one to fear."
The screen went dark.
The Couple's LegacyIn a quiet cabin on a Norwegian cliff, Aarya stared out into the aurora-streaked sky.
He clutched Elena's final letter — one she wrote in ink, not code.
"If ever someone tries to speak for Earth… remind them: Earth doesn't want a king."
"It wants a heartbeat."
Aarya knew what had to be done.
He activated the Pulse Reversal Protocol, buried deep inside Project Horizon.
A sequence that could undo Lucien's override — but at a cost.
Someone had to physically reconnect the Earth-core stabilizer in Iceland, frozen beneath volcanic rock, fused with Omega remnants.
The location was radioactive. Toxic. Fatal.
He whispered her name once, smiling.
"Elena, I'll finish what we started."