Origin ki scream abhi bhi poori reality mein gunj rahi thi.
Ek naam.
Bas ek naam.
Aur us naam ke nikalte hi..
aasmaan phir se tootne laga.
Mountains crack hone lage.
Oceans violently rise hone laga.
Sky ke andar hazaaron lightning ek saath strike karne lagi.
Aarav ne pehli baar Origin ko itna dara hua dekha.
👉 "Origin..."
Usne dheere se poocha.
👉 "Woh kaun hai?"
Origin ne koi jawab nahi diya.
Jaise woh naam dobara bolna hi nahi chahta tha.
White light ke andar khada woh silhouette dheere dheere aage badhne laga.
Har step ke saath..
The End ki black eye peeche hatti ja rahi thi.
Heaven's End completely disappear ho chuka tha.
Watcher motionless khada tha.
Subject 0 bhi bilkul chup tha.
Aur Gate ke andar khada Red-Eyed Aarav...
woh bhi us silhouette ko shock mein dekh raha tha.
Finally usne whisper kiya.
👉 "...He's alive."
Kabir ne frustration mein chillaya..
👉 "BHAI KOI TOH BATAYE YE HAI KAUN?"
Meera ki nazar sirf Aarav par thi.
Kyuki Aarav ke chest ka mark phir se glow kar raha tha.
Iss baar golden nahi.
White.
Pure white.
Jaise woh us silhouette ki presence ko respond kar raha ho.
Silhouette finally light se bahar nikla.
Ek normal insaan.
Simple white clothes.
Barefoot.
Na koi weapon.
Na koi armor.
Bas ek shaant sa chehra.
Aur uski aankhon mein...
na gold.
Na red.
Na black.
Bas completely silver.
Usne sabko dekha.
Phir seedha Aarav ki taraf muskura diya.
👉 "Kitna bada ho gaya tu..."
Aarav freeze ho gaya.
Us awaaz mein ajeeb si warmth thi.
Jaise...
bahut purani yaad.
Red-Eyed Aarav instantly Gate ke paas aa gaya.
Uski awaaz pehli baar angry thi.
👉 "Tum wapas kaise aaye?"
Silver-eyed man ne uski taraf dekha.
👉 "Main gaya hi kab tha?"
Room silent ho gya.
Kael ne disbelief mein kaha..
👉 "Impossible..."
👉 "Humne tumhe erase kar diya tha."
Silver-eyed man halka sa hasa.
👉 "Tum existence ko erase kar sakte ho..."
Pause.
👉 "...par memory ko nahi."
Aarav ka dimaag phir se spin karne laga.
Har chapter ke saath naye secrets.
Naye log.
Nayi sachchai.
Usne gusse mein kaha..
👉 "Bas!"
Sab uski taraf mud gaye.
👉 "Mujhe aadha sach nahi chahiye."
👉 "Mujhe sab jaana hai."
Silver-eyed man uske paas aaya.
Sirf do kadam door ruk gaya.
Aur dheere se bola..
👉 "Theek hai."
👉 "Aaj ke baad tumse kuch nahi chhupaya jayega."
Usne Aarav ke chest par glow karte symbol ko dekha.
Aur uski smile dheere dheere gayab ho gayi.
👉 "...Lekin shayad ab bahut der ho chuki hai."
Suddenly...
Aarav ke chest ka mark violently burn hone laga.
👉 "Aaaahhh!!"
Woh zameen par gir gaya.
Uski body se black, golden aur white energy ek saath bahar nikalne lagi.
Teen alag energies.
Teen alag powers.
Aur phir...
ek fourth energy.
Jo kisi ne pehle kabhi nahi dekhi thi.
Vo transparent thi.
Bilkul invisible.
Par uski wajah se..
space fold hone lagi.
Time slow hone laga.
Reality freeze hone lagi.
Watcher ki aankhen pehli baar widen hui.
Subject 0 ek step peeche hat gaya.
Kael ne slowly whisper kiya..
👉 "No..."
Silver-eyed man ne Aarav ko dekha.
Aur uski awaaz mein pehli baar tension thi.
👉 "It's starting."
Aarav ki aankhon ke saamne sab blur hone laga.
Usne Meera ko dekha.
Phir kabir ko.
Air phir zoya ko.
Sab dheere dheere transparent hote ja rahe the.
Jaise woh is reality se erase ho rahe hon.
👉 "Nahi..."
Aarav chillaya.
👉 "Meera!"
Meera ne uska haath pakadne ki koshish ki.
Par uska haath Aarav ke haath ke aar-paar nikal gaya.
Jaise woh ek ghost ban chuki ho.
Kabir panic mein chillaya..
👉 "MAIN GAYAB KYUN HO RAHA HOON?!"
Zoya ke screens automatically on ho gaye.
Har screen par sirf ek line blink ho rahi thi..
REALITY RESET INITIATED
Room silent ho gya.
Aarav ka heart sink ho gaya.
👉 "Reset...?"
Silver-eyed man ne dheere se aankhen band kar li.
Aur bola..
👉 "Ab tumhe decision lena hoga."
👉 "Ya toh apni powers accept karo..."
👉 "...ya phir poori reality dobara shuru hogi."
Aarav kuch bol pata...
usse pehle hi..
poora world white light mein doob gaya.
Aur us white light ke andar...
ek bachche ki hansi sunayi di.
Ek chhote bachche ki.
Bilkul waise hi...
jaise Aarav bachpan mein hasta tha.
To be continued..