Ezra was still on her knees as the battle raged around him. Fire burned the trees. Rebels from both sides screamed and fought, blades crashing against shields, lasers cutting through the smoke. She tried to speak, but her voice was drowned by war.
And then the sky cracked.
A massive bolt of lightning tore through the clouds like a sword from the heavens. It struck the center of the battlefield with a deafening sound, louder than anything they had ever heard. The light was blinding. The ground shook.
Everything froze.
The rebels stood still not because they wanted to, but because time itself had stopped.
In that moment of silence, every soldier, old and new, saw the same vision. A figure rising from darkness. His armor shimmered like obsidian. His eyes glowed red. His voice, calm but cruel.
Commandant Veil.
He was feeding on the chaos. The more the rebels fought each other, the stronger he became. Shadows wrapped around him like smoke. His power grew with every drop of blood spilled in the war.
Some rebels fell to the ground, their bodies lifeless. But others… Something strange happened to them.
A few were lifted into the air by the same lightning. Their eyes turned white for a second. Their bodies shook. And when they landed, they were different. Not dead — but changed.
It was as if time had fused something inside them. Old and future tech mixed in their veins. They glowed with energy that neither timeline had ever seen.
Then, a voice echoed through the sky — not human. Deep, ancient, full of wisdom and pain.
“Your enemy feeds on this war.
You are tearing your future apart.”
It was the voice of the Ancients — beings from a time even older than the Old Rebels, watching from beyond the rift. Their message was clear.
If this war continued, Veil would win.
Ezra looked up, her heart racing. She knew now: the real fight wasn’t between past and future.
It was against the shadow rising behind them all. Time snapped back. Everyone dropped to their knees, confused and shaken. The war paused but the damage had been done. And Commandant Veil was now more powerful than ever.
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