Scene: The Fall – Kai Unleashed
The wind around Vel'Raeth stopped.
Even the sky seemed to retreat into silence as Marine's words floated into the air:
> "I'm Marine.
Sophie's daughter.
Your daughter."
For a moment, Black Kai didn't speak. He just stood still, eyes locked on hers.
Then his hands tightened into fists.
The red sigils across his body flared violently, pulsing as if a thousand suns had awakened inside his chest.
And his voice—
Came low. Hoarse.
But trembling with rage.
Kai (growling):
"How dare you… speak her name."
Marine (confused, fearful):
"I'm telling the truth. I'm your—"
But she couldn't finish.
Kai roared, and in a flash, he was across the field, fist drawn back like a meteor.
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💥 Scene: Isaka's Final Stand
Before his blow could land, Isaka jumped in front of Marine, shields exploding into golden light as she absorbed the strike.
Boom.
The impact shattered the ground, launching dust and debris across the cliffs.
Isaka slid back, boots tearing grooves in the stone. Her arm sparked — broken. Her systems screamed in red.
Isaka (panting):
"You will not touch her."
Kai (snarling):
"You are not her shield. You are a delay."
Then he charged.
They clashed—
Blow after blow.
Isaka's blades met Kai's flaming fists. Her energy blasts pushed him back, but every time she landed a strike, he got faster. He got angrier.
Kai grabbed her arm mid-strike and snapped it backward, sending metal shards flying. She screamed and retaliated with a core burst that lit the entire field—
But it wasn't enough.
Kai caught her by the throat, flames roaring through his palm.
Kai (coldly):
"Your upgrades mean nothing."
And with one brutal roar, he slammed her into the stone ground, a crater exploding beneath them.
Then… he drove his burning fist through her core.
Isaka's eyes dimmed. Her systems failed.
And her last words were:
"Protect… her…"
Her body shattered.
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💢 Scene: Luci's Rage – A Second Sacrifice
Luci screamed, eyes glowing, blade drawn. She leapt toward him, fire dancing along her boots.
She slashed at Kai with all her strength — not for victory, but for vengeance.
But he didn't even flinch.
He caught her by the hair mid-attack, dragged her forward, and threw her across the battlefield like a ragdoll.
She crashed through a boulder, body twitching, blood on her lip.
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🌌 Scene: Kazuya Enters – And Is Erased
Kazuya arrived next, fury in his eyes.
No words.
Only war.
He charged. The air cracked as his blade met Kai's flaming hand.
They fought with godspeed — light flashing with every hit.
Strike. Block. Dash. Slam.
But Kai — even now — was not fighting with full force.
He was fighting like a storm with one purpose:
Silence.
With a twist of his fingers, Kai activated a Forbidden Aether Pulse — bending the fabric of space.
Kazuya's body glowed — distorted — and in a blink—
He was gone.
Vanished into a rift of another dimension.
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🩸 Scene: Marine – Alone Before the Flame
Only Marine remained now.
Tears stained her face. Her legs shook. Her voice trembled as she stepped forward.
She held Sophie's pendant in her hand — glowing weakly, trembling like a dying flame.
Marine (choking):
"I'm not lying… I'm your daughter."
Kai (quietly):
"You are nothing."
Marine (pleading):
"Sophie saved me. She saved me from you. But she left you inside me too."
She held out the pendant, voice cracking.
Marine:
"She believed you'd come back. Through me. I believe it too."
But Kai's expression didn't change.
His eyes were empty.
Dead.
He raised his palm.
One burst of flaming Aether light ignited across his body.
Marine whispered:
"I forgive you."
And then—
He struck.
One wave of energy — red, black, divine — tore through the air.
It hit Marine square in the chest.
Her body flew backward like a comet.
And when she hit the stone…
She didn't move.
The pendant rolled beside her — the glow within it finally fading.
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Scene: Silence
The battlefield was still.
The warrior who had once protected the weak…
The father who never knew his daughter…
Now stood above her body, alone, victorious — and more broken than ever.