Control room ke andar complete silence tha.
Sabki nazar sky mein bani us new silhouette par tik gayi thi.
Woh giant being ke peeche khada tha.
Human shape.
Calm smile.
Hands behind his back.
Jaise woh poore scene ko enjoy kar raha ho.
Aur sabse disturbing baat..
uski presence feel hi nahi ho rahi thi.
Jaise woh reality ka part hi na ho.
Aarav ka heartbeat uncontrollably fast ho gaya.
Kyuki us unknown figure ki aankhein..
exactly uski jaisi thi.
Golden.
Ancient.
Familiar.
The colossal being instantly side mein hat gaya.
Jaise us figure ko respect karta ho.
Ya shayad…
darrta ho.
Kabir ne slowly kaha..
👉 "Bhai mujhe yeh bilkul pasand nahi aa raha."
Meera ne jawab bhi nahi diya.
Woh bas Aarav ko dekh rahi thi.
Kyuki Aarav ka face completely pale ho chuka tha.
Uske dimaag mein memories flash ho rahi thi.
Broken memories.
Ancient memories.
Impossible memories.
Sky ke andar khada woh figure dheere se smile kiya.
👉 "Aarav."
Usne pehli baar uska naam liya.
Aur us moment pe..
Aarav ke body mein electricity jaisa shock pass hua.
👉 "K… kaun ho tum?"
Figure hasa.
Softly.
Jaise usne yeh question hazaaron baar suna ho.
👉"Strange."
👉 "Apne creator ko koi kaise bhool sakta hai?"
Room silent ho gya.
Kabir blink karta reh gaya.
Or usne kaha..
👉 "WAIT."
👉 "ABHI TOH AARAV CREATOR THA?"
Subject 0 bhi confused lag raha tha.
Watcher ka expression unreadable tha.
Aur Origin..
silent.
Dangerously silent.
Aarav ne teeth clench kiye.
👉 "Seedha jawab do!"
Figure ki smile thodi aur wide hui.
👉 "Fine."
Slowly usne apna right hand raise kiya.
Aur next second..
poora sky freeze ho gaya.
Clouds dark ho gye.
Lightings hone lagi.
Har jagah cracks hone lage.
Everything was stopped.
Bas ek gesture se.
Room mein sabke saans ruk gaye.
👉 "A long time ago…"
Figure dheere se bola.
👉 "Before timelines."
👉 "Before worlds."
👉 "Before Collapse."
Pause.
👉 "…there were only two."
Aarav ka heartbeat skip hua.
👉 "Two?"
Figure ne sir hilaya.
👉 "Yes."
👉 "You."
Pause.
👉 "And me."
Complete silence.
Suddenly Aarav ke dimaag mein ek aur memory flash hui.
Endless darkness.
Do silhouettes.
Infinite stars ke beech.
Ek golden light.
Ek silver light.
Aur dono milkar kuch create kar rahe the.
Worlds.
Galaxies.
Reality itself.
Memory instantly disappear ho gyi.
Aarav stagger kar gaya.
👉 "AAAH!"
Meera immediately uske paas aayi.
👉 "Aarav!"
Par Aarav usse sun bhi nahi raha tha.
Uska focus sirf us figure par tha.
👉 "Yeh… memories…"
Figure softly smile kiya.
👉 "They belong to you."
Watcher finally bola.
Cold.
Sharp.
👉 "Enough."
Entire sky vibrate hui.
Figure ne uski taraf dekha.
Aur pehli baar..
uski smile gayab hui.
👉 "Oh."
👉 "The Observer."
Watcher silent raha.
Figure ne sigh kiya.
👉 "Still protecting broken systems?"
Subject 0 instantly tense ho gaya.
Echo bhi ready ho gaya.
Kyuki clearly..
yeh conversation dangerous direction mein ja rahi thi.
Aarav ne phir poocha..
👉 "Tumhara naam kya hai?"
Silence.
Poora world silent ho gaya.
Figure ne usse dekha.
Aur pehli baar..
uski eyes mein sadness dikhi.
👉 "After all this time…"
Pause.
👉 "…you really forgot."
Aarav ka heart sink ho gaya.
Kyuki usse feel ho raha tha..
woh naam important hai.
Bohot important.
Figure ne dheere se apni chest par hand rakha.
Aur bola..
👉 "My name…"
Suddenly..
poora reality violently shake hui.
BOOOOOOOOM.
Sab log almost gir gaye.
Sky ke cracks aur widen ho gaye.
Heaven's End ki giant eyes panic mein blink karne lagi.
Watcher instantly upar muda.
👉 "Nahi…"
Kabir confused ho gaya.
👉 "AB KYA?!"
Aur phir..
ek impossible cheez hui.
Sky ke upar..
ek aur crack open hui.
Is baar pehle se bhi badi.
Aur us crack ke andar..
absolute darkness thi.
No stars.
No light.
Nothing.
Pure nothingness.
Figure ka expression instantly serious ho gaya.
Subject 0 ki smile completely disappear ho gayi.
Even the colossal being peeche hat gaya.
Aarav ne pehli baar fear feel kiya.
Not his fear.
Sabka fear.
Aur phir..
us darkness ke andar se..
ek eye open hui.
Single eye.
Black.
Completely black.
No pupil.
No light.
No emotion.
Bas emptiness.
The moment it opened..
every entity froze.
Watcher.
Subject 0.
Origin.
Collapse.
Heaven's End.
Sab.
Aarav ka heartbeat rukne jaisa feel hua.
👉 "Woh… kya hai?"
No one answered.
Kyuki us moment..
woh mysterious figure bhi darr gaya tha.
Aur phir..
black eye ne seedha Aarav ko dekha.
Aur ek hi word bola..
👉 "Found."
Complete silence.
Aarav freeze ho gaya.
Kyuki us word ke saath..
uske dimaag mein ek naam flash hua.
Ek naam jo usne kabhi suna nahi tha.
Par phir bhi pehchaan gaya.
Aur us naam ko sunte hi..
us mysterious figure ka face completely pale ho gaya.
👉 "Impossible…"
Usne whisper kiya.
👉 "Why is he here?"
To be continued..