(PH2)
Neon Harbour
Night
There is no sound anymore.
Because everywhere sound should exist,only fear is breathing now.
Fragments of shattered hologram screens
still glimmer on the rainless streets.
Blood hasn't even found the time
to mix with water.
EVENT STATUS: AFTERSHOCK
PUBLIC PSYCHOSIS INDEX: 71%
GRID STABILITY: DEGRADED
The city
is no longer a place It is a living being.
A massive body breathing in fear.The rooftop of an abandoned factory Neon lights do not reach here.She stands in the shadows
Lyra.
Until now,the city has never truly seen her.Her eyes,not blue Not black.
Something between the two A depth that feels like nothingness.Her hair does not play with the wind.The wind itself doesn't dare touch her.
Her body not something you would call beautiful.
Only something you would call "power."
Shoulders straight,Spine unbent,Feet rooted to the ground,She is not standing She is anchored.
UNKNOWN ENTITY: LYRA
PHYSICAL PROFILE: ANOMALOUS
THREAT PROJECTION: UNDEFINED
Her lips move...,
"Enough."!!! ,Her voice is not loud But when it echoes A drone in the sky freezes mid-air.
zzzt !!!!!
Three Sentinel Units
burst into the factory zone.
whrr ,,whrr,,
"Entity detected!",,,, "Lock target!"
She does not turn One step forward.
THK,,,!!!!
The ground trembles.Before the first unit can even reach her,
CRACK,,!!!
Its helmet shatters,No sound,No blood,
It simply forgets how to stand.
UNIT STATUS: OFFLINE
second unit fires,,,
PEW,,!!PEW,,!!
Bullets curve around her Curve,Curve.
Her finger twitches just a little.
CLICK,,,
The bullets fall to the ground,The third unit tries to retreat.Lyra looks at it That is all it takes.
BOOM,,
It crashes through the wall and disappears.
SENTINEL SQUAD: NEUTRALIZED
She exhales, "These are the city's gods?"
A voice reaches her ear Soft Familiar.
"You are interfering."
Lyra smiles,Not a happy smile.A smile born from pain.
"What you call interference,
I call survival."
Silence,,,,,Then
"You are forgetting your limits."
She closes her eyes For one second.Inside her noise,Memories,Blood,Pain,Experiments.
She opens her eyes
"I was never born inside limits."
PSYCHIC FIELD: EXPANDING
REALITY DISTORTION: LOCALIZED
In another sector Elior stops mid-step.
His chest tightens.
"This ",,,,, freezes "It's her."
GRID says nothing That is not an answer That is fear.
The factory rooftop collapses Neon lights ignite around her.Her eyes
now different,Not human,She raises her hand.The air thickens.
CRRRR,,!!!
The entire street folds inward Cars lift into the air,Drones freeze.
"This is not my city,"
"But this is not your playground either."
POWER SIGNATURE: UNKNOWN CLASS
MATCH FOUND: NONE
closes her fist,
BOOOOM,,!!! Everything crashes down.
"You are not saving them,"voice
"You are hiding them."
walks forward With every step,the ground reshapes itself.
"You call weakness a disease,"
"I call it a wound." looks at the city.
"A doctor who removes the human
to erase the wound
is not a god."
Silence..She lifts her head.
"He's coming."
In the distance,a drone retreats.
PRIORITY SHIFT
SUBJECT LYRA: OBSERVE ONLY
Lyra stands
amid the neon lights She is no longer a shadow.She is another form of light
Her lips move once more.
"The city
is not alone anymore."
For the first time,
Neon Harbour feels two heartbeats breathing.