Creation Of All Things

The air crackled with tension. Adam and Selene stood apart, the battlefield shifting beneath them—shadows writhing, electricity humming. Their powers clashed like storms waiting to collide.

Adam's black eyes gleamed under the flickering city lights. His breathing was steady, controlled. Every nerve in his body was fine-tuned, ready to adapt.

Selene, perched on her shifting platform of darkness, grinned. "You're a tough one, I'll give you that." She cracked her knuckles. "But I'm not done."

Before Adam could move, the shadows around her surged, twisting into a massive tendril with serrated edges, swinging straight for him.

He dodged—glitching sideways in a blur of motion. The tendril barely missed, carving through the concrete like butter.

The ground trembled.

Then—

"Don't forget about me!"

A sudden burst of violet light.

Alice blinked into existence at Adam's side, a confident smirk on her face.

Selene's eyes narrowed. "Tch. I was hoping you'd stay out of this."

Alice grinned, flexing her fingers as space itself rippled around her. "Yeah, well, I hate being ignored."

She snapped her fingers—and the entire battlefield shifted.

The buildings twisted, stretching outward as if pulled by invisible hands. The air warped, distorting into impossible angles. Streetlights bent, cars lifted off the ground, floating midair. The battlefield wasn't just a place anymore—it was hers.

Space was now her playground.

Selene's tendrils lashed out, but Alice barely moved. With a flick of her wrist, the shadows vanished—teleported across the city.

Selene's brow furrowed. That's annoying.

Adam smirked. "Neat trick."

Alice shrugged. "Perks of bending reality."

Selene clicked her tongue. "Alright. You want a three-way fight? Fine."

She stomped the ground.

The darkness surged.

Massive spikes erupted from the ground, each one twisting like living serpents, reaching for both Adam and Alice.

Alice warped.

One second she was in front of Adam—the next, she was above Selene, standing on thin air as if gravity didn't exist.

Selene reacted instantly, her shadows snapping upward—but Alice was already moving.

She folded space, teleporting inches away from Selene's face.

"Boo."

Then she warped again, reappearing behind her, driving a knee toward her spine.

Selene twisted, barely dodging.

Adam took his chance.

His mind flickered through possibilities. Predict. Adapt. Counter.

His body glitched—vanishing and reappearing mid-motion, closing the distance between them in the blink of an eye.

Selene felt the shift, but it was too late.

Adam's fist connected—a shockwave erupted, sending Selene flying backward, her body crashing through the floating cars Alice had left in the air.

She landed hard, rolling across the cracked pavement before flipping to her feet.

She wiped her lip. Blood.

Selene exhaled, a slow grin spreading across her face. "Okay." She lifted her hands, the shadows behind her pulsing, growing, devouring everything in their path. "Now I'm pissed."

The entire street darkened.

The streetlights flickered—then died completely. The only light left was the eerie glow of Adam's golden circuits flickering under his skin and the faint violet shimmer of Alice's warped space.

Selene raised a hand.

The shadows roared.

Massive constructs formed—hulking beasts with glowing red eyes, towering figures made purely of darkness, their bodies shifting like liquid.

Adam didn't blink.

Alice cracked her neck. "Okay, that's cool."

Selene smirked. "I know."

The shadow beasts charged.

Adam and Alice moved.

Everything exploded into chaos.

Adam's instincts kicked in instantly.

One of the shadow beasts lunged—a jagged maw snapping toward him. He twisted, dodging mid-air, his body glitching sideways to avoid the strike.

His foot touched solid ground for a fraction of a second before he reprogrammed himself.

A surge of magnetic energy crackled around him—his body flickered, shifting into a blur of pure speed.

He warped forward, closing the gap between him and Selene in an instant. His fist was already mid-swing.

Selene raised her arm—and a shadow barrier snapped up, absorbing the hit.

The force sent her skidding backward, her feet grinding against the pavement.

Alice, meanwhile, was everywhere.

She blinked through the battlefield—teleporting between monsters, folding space, making the battlefield her own.

One of the beasts swiped at her—only to hit nothing.

She had teleported the attack away.

Then she snapped her fingers.

A rift opened beneath the creature, swallowing it whole.

Gone.

Another one lunged. Alice warped behind it, delivering a precise kick to the back of its head, sending it stumbling into Adam's range.

Adam didn't hesitate.

A pulse of energy erupted from his fingertips.

Reprogram.

The beast's form glitched, its body breaking apart as if corrupted by a virus. Then it collapsed into digital static.

Selene gritted her teeth.

Annoying. Very annoying.

She threw her hands forward.

The shadows responded instantly, collapsing inward like a black hole, pulling everything—Adam, Alice, even the floating debris—into a crushing void.

Adam's eyes flashed.

Neural Override.

His mind clicked through every possible escape route in milliseconds.

Then—

He hacked the battlefield itself.

The gravitational pull flipped.

Selene staggered.

The shadows, instead of pulling inward, suddenly repelled outward, scattering into fragmented pieces.

Alice didn't waste a second.

She twisted space again, warping straight to Selene's back—but Selene was ready.

A wave of darkness erupted, forcing Alice to teleport away before she could land a hit.

Adam appeared on Selene's flank, aiming a kick to her ribs.

She barely blocked in time—but the impact still sent her flying.

She skidded across the battlefield, shadows cushioning her fall.

She exhaled.

Then, she grinned.

"You guys actually fight well together," she admitted, wiping her mouth. "But…"

The shadows behind her twisted, forming a massive blade—a weapon pulsing with sheer dark energy.

"…let's see if you can keep up."

Alice and Adam exchanged a glance.

Then, at the same time—they both attacked.

Alice warped first.

She blinked forward, skipping through space like a stone over water, her movements unpredictable. One second she was above Selene, the next beside her, then behind—each shift seamless, each transition bending reality itself.

Selene's massive shadow blade whistled through the air, slicing at nothing but echoes of where Alice had just been.

Adam moved in tandem, his body flickering between positions like corrupted data. His golden circuits pulsed, energy crackling as he reprogrammed the physics around him. Every movement was calculated, precise.

Selene snarled.

Enough.

She stomped the ground.

The darkness erupted.

A tidal wave of pure shadow exploded outward, engulfing the battlefield in a void of absolute black. Space itself trembled under her will.

For a moment, there was nothing.

No sound.

No light.

No ground.

Just endless, suffocating darkness.

Then—

A golden flicker.

A violet shimmer.

Adam and Alice emerged, their bodies outlined against the abyss, their presence disrupting the void.

Alice grinned. "Nice trick."

Adam's black eyes gleamed. "Not good enough."

Selene's grin widened. "We'll see."

She swung.

The shadow blade cleaved the air, its edge distorting reality itself. Alice twisted space, bending the attack away. The blade struck the side of a building instead—except the building wasn't there anymore. Alice had moved it.

Selene barely had time to register the shift before Adam closed the distance.

His palm crackled with energy.

He struck.

Selene twisted, shadows reinforcing her guard. The impact sent a shockwave rippling through the void, tearing through the darkness.

Adam's other hand lashed out.

Reprogram.

The very fabric of the void glitched.

Selene felt it—the warping of her own reality, the shifting of her own power. For a split second, her control faltered.

Alice took her chance.

She warped.

She appeared inches from Selene, fingers crackling with raw, warped energy.

She snapped.

Space collapsed around Selene like an invisible vice, distorting gravity, twisting the battlefield to her will.

Selene grimaced.

Then—she laughed.

Dark tendrils erupted from her form, slamming outward. Alice warped away just in time, but the pressure forced her back.

Selene stood, breathing hard, her shadows roiling around her like a living storm.

Her golden eyes burned.

"Okay," she exhaled, rolling her shoulders. "Now I'm really pissed."

The shadows behind her coalesced.

They didn't just grow.

They changed.

A monstrous form rose from the abyss—a towering entity of living darkness, its body shifting like liquid, its eyes burning crimson.

Alice's grin faltered.

Adam narrowed his eyes.

Selene lifted a hand.

The beast roared.

The entire battlefield shook.

Then—it charged.

Adam and Alice moved.

And the battle truly began.