The corridors erupted with gunfire as Council troops stormed the Sentinel flagship. Titan, Kaela, and Merek fought side by side, a fragile alliance forged in the heat of battle.
Amid the chaos, Merek pulled Titan aside. "There's something you need to know."
Titan's breath was ragged. "I'm listening."
Merek's masked face tilted downward. "I wasn't sent by the Order. I'm a rogue agent—disillusioned with their passivity. I've been working in the shadows to stop the Council."
Titan narrowed his eyes. "Why reveal this now?"
"Because the Helix Code is more dangerous than you realize. The Council plans to use it to control not just evolution—but reality itself."
Kaela appeared beside them, firing at approaching soldiers. "Then we stop them before it's too late."
Suddenly, a massive explosion rocked the flagship, throwing them apart.
Titan's world blurred as he was thrown to the ground, consciousness fading.
In the fading light, one thought echoed in his mind:
This war was far from over.