Fragments of Dawn

The weight of what they had just witnessed hung over them like an unshakable shadow, pressing down with an intensity that threatened to steal the very breath from their lungs. The city, once trapped in a fractured loop of time, now lay silent once more, its ruins no longer shifting between past and present. And yet, despite the eerie stillness that had settled over the landscape, Kai could not rid himself of the sensation that something—someone—was still watching.

The final figure, the one who had lingered even after the echoes of the past had faded, had not simply disappeared into the ether like the rest. Instead, he had left behind a warning, a silent gesture that had spoken louder than any words could. He had pointed toward the sky, toward the impossible sight that now dominated the heavens.@@novelbin@@

A second Moon.

Or rather, the Moon, reassembling itself from its shattered remnants, a celestial force weaving together fragments of its own destruction. And the way it pulsed, the way its light did not reflect but rather emanated from within, sent a shiver crawling down Kai’s spine. This was no mere reconstruction. It was something more. Something alive.

He forced himself to turn away from the sight, knowing that staring too long into the abyss of the unknown would only invite madness. Reyes had already pulled out her scanner, her hands moving with rapid precision as she attempted to make sense of the impossible anomaly above them. The device flickered violently, struggling to process data that defied conventional understanding.