Heart of Chaos

The Entropic Nexus roared around Jaden, Zoe, and Marcus, a maelstrom of colliding realities and unraveling timelines. Colors that had no name in any human language flashed across their vision, while sounds that defied the laws of physics assaulted their ears. It was chaos given form, the antithesis of order and structure.

Jaden struggled to maintain his cohesion, feeling the pull of a million different possibilities threatening to tear him apart. "Stay together!" he shouted, his voice distorting as it passed through layers of fractured space-time. "Focus on each other!"

Zoe's flames had taken on an otherworldly quality, burning with the light of dying stars and newborn galaxies. She reached out, grasping Jaden's hand. The contact sent a surge of energy through them both, anchoring them in the storm.

Marcus, meanwhile, had become a living equation, his form constantly shifting as he calculated their path through the impossible geometry of the Nexus. "This way!" he called, his voice res