The city of Future Pride no longer shines — it hums.A restless rhythm of drones, sirens, and digital eyes scanning every breath of life. The skyline, once a symphony of hero-made wonders, now bleeds with neon red — Helios Core's insignia pulsing on every skyscraper.
They call it "The Age of Efficiency."But beneath the glow, the city festers — divided into Five Districts, each ruled by a different faction loyal to the Helios regime:
The Halo Sector — an elite zone where the rich live under artificial sunlight and digital comfort, guarded by Helios Sentinels.
The Undercircuit — a sprawling underground network where rogue hackers, black-market engineers, and scavengers trade stolen plasma chips.
Vanguard Row — military-industrial heart of Helios, where synthetic soldiers are forged in the "Forge Towers."
The Ruins of Origin — where Ignis once fell, now a quarantined wasteland glowing with unstable plasma storms.
District Null — forgotten and lawless, a maze of collapsed buildings and shadow syndicates.
Every citizen carries a HelioTag, a wrist implant tracking movement, emotion, and energy output. Hope is illegal without permission.
The Forgotten Flame
Ronak — or what remains of him — moves like a whisper through the city.His fire burns dim but pure, cloaked beneath layers of tech-camo armor scavenged from the ruins. He operates alone, under the codename "Ghostflame."
Every night, he sabotages Helios convoys, rescues abducted citizens, and wipes surveillance records from the NEX Grid — Helios Core's omniscient AI overseer.But to the people, he's no savior. He's a ghost story told in flickering holograms:
"The man of fire still burns in the shadows."
The Arena Incident
One night, Ghostflame tracks a convoy carrying kidnapped teens from District Null. The signal leads to Arena Zero, an underground fighting pit where Helios experiments force people to battle for survival.
When he breaks in, the crowd roars — thinking it's part of the show.In the chaos, four young vigilantes descend through the smoke and neon:
Blitz (Arin Tov)
Once a courier in Halo Sector, now a rogue kinetic sprinter. His body converts motion into energy, leaving lightning trails in his wake. Cocky, impatient, and desperate for recognition.
Nira Vale
A quiet telekinetic prodigy from the MindForge Academy — one of Helios's own research schools. She escaped after learning they planned to use her as a human energy stabilizer. Her mind bends metal and matter with surgical precision.
Echo (Renn Makoa)
A former street performer who discovered his voice could manipulate sonic frequency. He can mimic any sound — including voices, alarms, even the hum of drones — to create illusions and confusion. A joker on the outside, broken on the inside.
Kai Drayen
The youngest — a techno-savant who hacked into Helios servers at age thirteen. He builds digital weapons: data blades, holographic grenades, and drones made of pure light. He wears a half-mask to hide the burns from his first plasma surge.
Together, they call themselves The Sparks.Not heroes. Not soldiers. Just kids trying to fix a city that's forgotten what freedom feels like.
The First Encounter
As the Brandie Unit — Helios's cybernetic enforcers — storms the arena, Ignis unleashes his flame to shield the civilians.His fire explodes gold and white, melting through synthetic armor.
The Sparks freeze.The symbol, the stance, the impossible heat — all identical to the hero they grew up worshiping.
But Blitz doesn't believe.
"Ignis died a century ago in the Great Collapse. You're just some old pretender with glow tech."
Ronak doesn't argue. He only looks at the burning symbol reflected in Blitz's eyes.
"Then let's see if your legend can still bleed."
The arena erupts — plasma, lightning, sound, and telekinesis clashing in a blur of brilliance.
Enter the Shadow Syndicates
As they fight, new forces converge:The Obsidian Council, a cabal of former heroes turned mercenaries, arrives — led by Seraphine Void, the "Shadow Angel," whose power to nullify light makes her invisible in brilliance.
Her companion, Draycor Venn, controls nanite storms that devour metal and flesh alike. They've been hired by Helios Core to capture "the anomaly" — Ignis himself.
But when they see him, even Seraphine hesitates.
"That flame… it shouldn't exist anymore."
The Sparks witness Ignis battle the Obsidian mercenaries, his power unstable but divine — light roaring through the dark like a god reborn.
Aftermath
When the dust settles, Ignis collapses. His golden aura flickers to black for a moment — the same dark plasma that once destroyed the city.
Nira kneels beside him, sensing something strange.
"Your energy… it's not just fire. It's alive."
Ignis opens his eyes, weak but steady.
"Because the flame remembers."
The Sparks look at him differently now — not as a myth, but as a man burdened by the very light they dreamed of wielding.
Outside, the NEX Grid scans the explosion site. Helios Core issues a new broadcast:
"An unauthorized plasma surge detected in District Null. Subject identified as CODE: IGNIS. All surveillance units engage."
The hunt begins.