NOVEL WEB Chapter 8: Chapter Eight: The Stranger from the Stars
It started with a crash.
Late evening. The team was gathered on the school rooftop—trying to enjoy a quiet moment under the stars. But then, a streak of fire tore across the sky, slamming into the nearby forest just beyond Orion City.
Zayn (checking scanner): "That wasn't a meteor. It's… tech. Alien."Rayna: "Void?"Zevor (urgently): "No. It's Nova. But… different."
They rushed to the crash site.
Amid the scorched clearing stood a sleek pod, humming with faint gold light. The hatch hissed open—and from the smoke stepped a figure in silver and violet armor, marked by the same radiant Nova energy that powered their own suits.
She stumbled, gripping her side, injured but standing tall.
Stranger: "Designation: Veyra. Sentinel-class Ranger. Planet Kryon-7."
Her helmet slid back—revealing a young woman with piercing silver eyes and a scar across one cheek.
Veyra (urgent): "I came to warn you. The Void Dominion isn't just returning… it's evolving."Kael: "We've seen what they can do."Veyra: "No—you've seen their shadows. I've seen their generals fall. I've seen planets die."
She pulled up a holographic image of a planet consumed in dark fire, with one symbol repeated over and over:"SYNKRIS."
Zevor (processing): "That name… hasn't surfaced since the First Collapse."Veyra: "Synkris is no general. She was a Sentinel once. One of us—until she turned."
The team stared in stunned silence.
Jett: "You're saying one of the Nova Rangers… joined the Void?"Veyra: "She didn't just join. She merged with it. And now she's coming—for Earth."
Lyra (softly): "A fallen Ranger..."
Kael's fists clenched.
Kael: "Then we stand together. And we stop her."
To Be Continued...