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Reboot My Heart Chapter Nine: The Choice
The world seemed to freeze as Kian stared down the barrel of Ryker’s weapon. The commander’s expression was unreadable, his eyes cold and distant. Behind him, the rebels stood in tense silence, their weapons still trained on Kian, Elena, and Selene. “Ryker,” Kian said, his voice steady despite the fear coursing through him. “Don’t do this. You’re better than this.” Ryker’s jaw tightened, but his grip on the weapon didn’t waver. “You don’t understand, Kian. This isn’t about right or wrong. It’s about survival. The System is broken, and if we don’t take control, everything will collapse.” Elena stepped forward, her eyes filled with anger. “And what? You think Marcus is the answer? He’s using you, just like he used Selene. Just like he’s using everyone.” Ryker’s expression faltered for a moment, a flicker of doubt crossing his face. But then his eyes hardened, and he shook his head. “It’s too late for second thoughts. The decision been made.” Before anyone could react, Selene l
Reboot My Heart Chapter Ten: The Core
The hovercraft shuddered violently as Darius’s rebels closed in, their weapons blazing. Selene fought to stabilize the craft, her hands moving deftly over the controls, but the damage was too severe. “We’re not going to make it!” Elena shouted, her voice filled with panic. “We have to!” Selene replied, her voice tense. “The Core is just ahead!” Kian glanced out the window, his heart sinking as he saw the rebels gaining on them. The city lights below blurred into streaks of gold and silver, the night sky illuminated by the glow of their implants. “We need to jump,” Kian said, his voice firm. Elena’s eyes widened. “What? Are you crazy?” “We don’t have a choice,” Kian replied, his golden implant flickering weakly. “If we stay in this hovercraft, we’re dead.” Selene nodded, her expression grim. “He’s right. The Core is just below us. If we jump now, we might make it.” Before anyone could argue, the hovercraft shuddered again, the controls sparking as the engine began to fa
Reboot My Heart Chapter Eleven: The Descent
The hovercraft jolted violently as another blast struck its side, sending sparks flying through the cabin. Kian gripped the edge of his seat, his knuckles turning white. Outside, the night sky was filled with streaks of red and white as Darius’s forces pursued them, their weapons lighting up the darkness like fireflies of death. Selene fought with the controls, her crimson implant flickering erratically. The damage was severe—too severe. The hovercraft lurched, its engines sputtering, and Kian felt the sickening drop as they began losing altitude. “We’re going down!” Selene shouted over the alarms. Elena gasped, bracing herself against the seat. “Can’t you stabilize it?” Selene shook her head, sweat dripping down her temple. “Not in the air. We need to land—now.” Kian’s mind raced. “The Core. Can we make it there?” Selene didn’t answer immediately. Her eyes flicked between the rapidly approaching ground and the swarm of enemy craft on their tail. Finally, she gritted her teeth.
Reboot My Heart Chapter Twelve: Echoes of the Core
The whisper lingered in the air long after it had faded, wrapping around Kian-like unseen chains. “You have come too late.” The words echoed through his skull, hollow and ancient, as if spoken from the very bones of the Core itself. He swallowed hard, his pulse a steady drum in his ears. The corridor ahead stretched into darkness, pulsing faintly with an eerie glow, the walls breathing with an unnatural rhythm. Elena tightened her grip on his hand. “Kian…” her voice was barely above a whisper. “I heard it too,” he murmured. Selene groaned from where she lay on the cold stone, clutching her injured side. Blood oozed between her fingers, dark against her pale skin. “What… was that?” Kian shook his head. He didn’t know. And that terrified him more than anything. They weren’t alone. The air around them was charged, like the moments before a storm, thick with unseen energy pressing down on them. Kian scanned the corridor, his instincts screaming at him to keep moving. The rebels wou
Reboot My Heart Chapter Thirteen: The Awakening
The silence in the chamber was suffocating. Kian's breath came in slow, measured exhales as he stared at the figure encased in the Core’s energy. Darius. The man they had fought against, the face of their opposition, now revealed as nothing more than another pawn—trapped, just like the lost ones. Elena took a shaky step forward, her fingers trembling. "How... how is this possible?" Her voice barely reached above a whisper. Selene's back pressed against the cold metal wall as she fought to remain upright. "The System doesn’t just consume people," she rasped, wincing. "It replaces them." Kian swallowed, the weight of the revelation crashing down on him. The figures they had seen—the echoes—weren’t just remnants. They were people erased and repurposed, their existence overwritten by something far greater, something they still didn’t fully understand. His pulse pounded in his ears. The hum of the Core grew louder, a deep, resonant vibration that seeped into his bones. Darius' eyes we
Reboot My Heart Chapter Fourteen: Fractured Light
Darkness pressed in on Kian’s senses, thick and suffocating, stretching endlessly in every direction. There was no floor beneath him, no sky above—only weightlessness, a sensation of floating through the void. He didn’t know how long he drifted, consciousness flickering at the edges like a dying flame. His body felt distant, as if detached from him entirely. Was he dead? Trapped inside the Core’s remains? Then— A sharp, stinging pain erupted in his chest. His lungs spasmed as he sucked in a ragged breath. Cold air rushed over his skin, dragging him back into reality. Kian’s eyes snapped open. Blurry lights danced above him, shifting between deep crimson and electric blue. The chamber was still intact, but everything felt… different. The metallic walls no longer pulse with the rhythmic glow of the Core. Instead, they flickered erratically, as if struggling to maintain power. The Core was gone. Or at least, it was no longer what it had been. Kian groaned, pushing himself up on sh
Reboot My Heart Chapter Fifteen: The Fractured Light
Darkness pressed in on Kian’s senses, thick and suffocating, stretching endlessly in every direction. There was no floor beneath him, no sky above—only weightlessness, a sensation of floating through the void. He didn’t know how long he drifted, consciousness flickering at the edges like a dying flame. His body felt distant, as if detached from him entirely. Was he dead? Trapped inside the Core’s remains? Then— A sharp, stinging pain erupted in his chest. His lungs spasmed as he sucked in a ragged breath. Cold air rushed over his skin, dragging him back into reality. Kian’s eyes snapped open. Blurry lights danced above him, shifting between deep crimson and electric blue. The chamber was still intact, but everything felt… different. The metallic walls no longer pulsed with the rhythmic glow of the Core. Instead, they flickered erratically, as if struggling to maintain power. The Core was gone. Or at least, it was no longer what it had been. Kian groaned, pushing himsel
Reboot My Heart Chapter Sixteen: The Fractured Echo
The chamber was eerily silent, save for the faint hum of the System’s remnants. Kian sat on the cold, metallic floor, his golden implant flickering weakly as he tried to process what he had just experienced. Elena knelt beside him, her hand resting on his shoulder, her touch grounding him in the present.“Kian,” she said softly, her voice filled with concern. “What happened? You were… gone.”He looked at her, his mind still reeling. “I saw him. Darius. He was… different. The Core—it’s not gone. It’s inside him.”Elena’s eyes widened. “What do you mean?”Before Kian could respond, Selene stepped forward, her crimson implant glowing faintly. “The Core isn’t just a machine. It’s an entity. A consciousness. If it’s inside Darius, then we’re not done yet.”Kian nodded, his thoughts racing. “He said we couldn’t destroy it. Not without destroying ourselves.”Elena’s grip tightened on his shoulder. “Then what do we do?”Kian looked at her, his heart aching at the fear in her eyes. “We find hi
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Chapter 60: The Edge of Truth
Kian stood frozen, the sound of his breath loud in the sudden silence. The man’s words echoed in his head: “I’m your brother, Kian.”The storm outside battered the edges of the facility, but inside, everything had fallen still. Kian’s eyes narrowed as he studied the stranger—tall, lean, bearing subtle similarities to his own face, but older. Hardened.“My brother is dead,” Kian said coldly, gripping the edge of the table until his knuckles turned white.The man didn’t flinch. “That’s what they told you. But lies have built your entire life, haven’t they?”Kian’s jaw tightened. “Who are you?”The man took a step closer, placing something small and metallic on the table. It was an old dog tag—rusted, with one side scratched. Kian turned it over and read the name engraved on the back: Lior Arlen.The breath caught in his throat.Impossible.Lior Arlen. His older brother. The one who was reported missing in action during a classified operation over a decade ago. The one his mother wept ov
Chapter 59: Echoes of Blood and Memory
Kian stood motionless.The message Elena had sent still hovered in front of him, its implications sharper than any blade he’d ever wielded. Four children. His children. Alive. Breathing. And right beside the woman who had once shattered him.The cold grip of betrayal no longer stung—it was something deeper now. A confusion he couldn't shake, and a storm of emotion he hadn't prepared to face. Rage, yes. Regret, certainly. But beneath it all—hope. A hope he wanted to kill before it killed him.“I need eyes on Elena. Now,” he barked into his comms. “Find her. Trace the signal from that message. I want the exact location. And bring me the original—don’t let the AI decrypt it without me.”He ended the call and turned, only to find someone waiting in the shadows of the command hall.“You always did let emotions get the better of you,” the figure said, stepping into the light.It was Darius.Kian’s expression darkened. “You’re the last person I want to see right now.”“I’m not here to gloat,
Chapter 58: Shattered Truths
Kian stared at the message Elena had sent him. The screen flickered faintly in his trembling hand. The image showed her—tired, weather-worn, eyes hollow from what seemed like years of carrying too much. But she wasn’t alone.Four children. Not just one. Four.They stood behind her like shadows—tall, small, one clutching the hem of her robe, another barely visible behind her shoulder. Their eyes carried echoes of something he couldn’t ignore: his own defiance, Elena’s fire, and something else—something deeper, more complex.The mysterious figure who’d whispered “You’re too late” had vanished into the shadows, as if the words alone were enough to fracture Kian's resolve. But he didn’t move. Not immediately. Not until the message finished playing again.The children didn’t speak, but the youngest girl raised her hand—hesitantly—toward the lens, as though she wanted to reach out.And Kian’s heart shattered.“I need coordinates,” he snapped suddenly. “Pull the data signature from that tran
Chapter 57: Secrets Unveiled
The message blinked on Kian's screen. At first, he couldn't comprehend what he was seeing, his mind struggling to process the words that Elena had sent him. It wasn't a simple text. It was a photo, one that shook him to his core.The image was of Elena, yes, but what truly caught Kian's attention were the four children standing by her side. They weren’t just any children. They were hers—his children.A cold wave of disbelief crashed over him, his breath catching in his throat. He blinked at the screen, as if doing so would somehow make sense of the surreal image in front of him.They were all so young, not more than a few years old. The oldest, a boy with deep, inquisitive eyes, had a striking resemblance to Kian—his angular jaw, the shape of his nose, the way his lips curled in a faint, knowing smile. The youngest, a girl, was still in Elena's arms, clutching her mother’s sleeve, her wide eyes full of innocence and vulnerability.Elena stood in the middle, her gaze direct and unwaver
Chapter 56: The Last Gamble
The chamber trembled violently, stone and debris raining from above as the Core’s severed energy spiraled out of control. Kian barely managed to keep his footing as the force of the explosion sent waves of unstable power rippling through the ruins.Across from him, Marcus had collapsed onto his knees, clutching his chest where the wound still bled. His once-smug expression was gone, replaced by something Kian had never seen before—fear.Kian had done it.He had severed Marcus’s connection to the Core.But now, the entire place was coming down.Cracks spread across the ground, jagged and deep, as if the earth itself was splitting apart. The Core’s shattered remains flickered erratically, pulsing between bursts of golden and black energy, unstable and wild.If he didn’t get out now, there would be no escaping.But his gaze flickered toward Marcus.I have a choice.Marcus had betrayed him, stolen his recognition, turned the entire Federation against him. He had aligned himself with the F
Chapter 55: The Core’s Descent
The chamber pulsed with unstable energy. The once-radiant glow of the Core was flickering, dark tendrils snaking around its brilliance, leeching away its purity. The air thickened, suffocating, pressing down like an unseen force as Marcus’s twisted smirk deepened.Kian could feel the Core’s distress, its power slipping from his grasp. Every second that passed, the darkness grew stronger. He had to act—now.But Marcus had planned for this.With a slow, deliberate step forward, Marcus raised his hand, and the shadows obeyed. They slithered across the stone floor, forming jagged, clawed extensions of himself—limbs of pure void. The Forgotten Ones moved in unison, their grotesque forms shifting unnaturally, as if reality itself rejected them.Marcus tilted his head. “Can you feel it, Kian? The Core is choosing me now. It knows you’re weak. That you can’t protect it.”Kian clenched his fists, feeling the Core’s fading warmth between his fingers. No. He couldn’t let Marcus win.“Wrong,” Kia
Chapter 54: The Core’s Trial
The moment Kian stepped forward, the world around him collapsed.Or rather, it expanded—infinitely.One second, he was walking through the threshold of the Core. The next, he was standing in an endless void, suspended between existence and something beyond comprehension.Elena, Selene, and Marcus were by his side, yet he couldn’t feel their presence in the way he normally would. It was as if they were ghosts, drifting in and out of his perception.The voice that had greeted him still lingered in the air, surrounding them like a physical force.“Welcome, Kian Arlen. We’ve been waiting for you.”Kian’s breath hitched. The voice wasn’t human. It wasn’t singular. It was countless voices layered atop one another, speaking in perfect harmony.And it knew his name.Elena reached for him, but her hand barely brushed against his before dissolving into shimmering particles. She gasped, her body flickering like a broken projection.“Kian!” she called, her voice distant. “Something’s wrong—”Befo
Chapter 53: The Guardian of the Core
Silence.A thick, suffocating silence wrapped around them as Kian’s group stood at the threshold of the Core.The figure waiting for them was motionless, shrouded in the dim glow of the entrance’s pulsating energy. Their presence was undeniable, radiating a force that sent a shiver down Kian’s spine.Elena stiffened beside him, her fingers inching toward her weapon. Selene and Marcus exchanged wary glances, readying themselves for a confrontation.Kian’s heart pounded as he stepped forward, his eyes narrowing as the figure’s face came into view.And then his blood ran cold.Because he knew this man.“Darius.”The name left his lips like a curse.Darius Voss, once Kian’s closest ally, now stood between them and the Core.His former friend.His greatest rival.The man who had claimed Elena as his partner.A smirk played across Darius’s lips as he stepped forward, his stance relaxed, yet undeniably menacing. His piercing eyes swept over the group before settling on Kian.“You’re late,” D
Chapter 52: Shadows of the Forgotten
The silence that followed was suffocating. Kian’s pulse pounded in his ears as he took in the aftermath of what had just transpired. The air still crackled with residual energy, and the weight of unseen forces pressed against his consciousness.Elena stood beside him, her breathing shallow, her gaze flickering between him and the shifting shadows that danced along the ruined walls. The others remained on edge, their bodies tense as they processed the gravity of what had just occurred.But Kian knew this wasn’t over.Not yet.He clenched his fists, grounding himself as the conflicting voices in his mind warred for dominance. The echoes of the Forgotten Ones, the remnants of the Federation’s control, the unrelenting pull of the System—all of it converged, demanding a choice.A choice he wasn’t ready to make.Selene broke the silence first. “We can’t stay here. The Federation will have already detected the surge in energy. We need to move.”Kian turned to her, his mind clearing just enou
