Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 21

👑 Scene 1: Broadcast of the Queen

Across all of Nexaris, screens turned to static.

Then, one by one, they lit up.

Lyra stood at the center of a dark, spiraling throne room. Her right eye glowed Spiral-red, and her left still shimmered human blue. Around her floated fragments of mech cores—disassembled without touching them.

She began to speak—not in anger, not in hatred, but in eerie calm:

"I am Lyra. Formerly human. Now… between."

"I do not seek to destroy Nexaris. I seek to remake it."

"Surrender your Krono. Or watch your cities sing themselves into dust."

She raised her hand.

And a floating city above Zephyr Ridge detonated, spiral-shaped fire curling into the clouds.

🧑‍🏫 Scene 2: Zake's Betrayal

Zake was mid-evacuation at his school, guiding classmates into shuttle pods.

As they ran into the hangar, he stopped when he noticed one girl walking calmly in the opposite direction—his closest friend, Minari.

"Minari! The evac's this way—!"

She turned.

Spiral runes crept across her cheek.

"You wouldn't understand, Zake. We aren't meant to fight the Spiral… We're meant to become it."

Zake's eyes widened in horror.

She kissed him on the cheek softly.

"Forgive me."

Then she plunged a code spike into the main hangar panel, causing the entire escape bay to seal shut.

Alarms screamed.

Zake roared as he tackled her—but she vanished into a burst of Spiral energy.

⚙️ Scene 3: Zui's Dilemma

Zui sat alone in a bunker, staring at her Spiral Suppressor.

It had cracked during the last attack. The Spiral whispering was back.

But something was different.

This time, it offered her a choice.

"Use us. Once. Just once. Save them. Then suppress again."

Outside, infected mechs were tearing through a refugee line. Children screamed.

She gritted her teeth.

Took off the Suppressor.

A Spiral aura burst from her body—but her eyes were focused.

Zui sprinted out, Spiral energy burning from her hands, and hacked into one of the attacking mechs with just her will.

It stopped. Then turned. And started attacking the others.

Everyone stared in awe—and terror.

Zui stood tall, Spiral-light flickering in her veins.

"I control it. Not the other way around."

🚀 Scene 4: Titan-Omega Awakens

Zeron stood inside the Phase-1 Chamber of Titan-Omega.

The core—now merged with his Krono—resonated as commands filled his mind.

"Initiating Phase-1 Protocol: Sentinel Form."

Titan-Omega's surface shimmered. The massive machine began to rise.

Not walk—hover, its magnetic drive lifting its colossal body effortlessly.

Zeron connected mentally.

His body convulsed as Krono overload surged through his veins.

"AHHH—!"

Then… silence.

And suddenly, he was inside the mech, mentally bonded.

Through its sensors, he could see entire cities, enemies moving in slow motion, power surging in patterns.

He reached out—and a massive Krono cannon unfolded from Titan's arm.

Zeron whispered,

"Let's show them what purple can do."

He fired.

The Spiral battalion approaching the resistance base was obliterated—without leaving ash behind.

⚔️ Scene 5: Spiral Queen vs Council Elite

High above the storm-line, the Planetary Council's elite squadron of Mecha-Knights arrived at the Spiral Queen's floating temple.

She welcomed them with open arms.

"I give you one chance to kneel."

They attacked without a word.

But Lyra moved without moving. Her Spiral harmonics disassembled the first knight mid-strike.

The second she froze in a temporal lock.

The third… she walked up to, took his blade, and drove it into her own heart.

She bled Spiral.

The knight gasped.

Then… her body regenerated in front of him.

"Still human enough to bleed. Spiral enough to rise."

In a final burst, she sent them all flying—and carved a giant Spiral Gate into the sky above the capital.

🧠 Scene 6: The Whisper of Origin

Back at the base, Zeron collapsed after the cannon blast.

He saw images in his mind—a throne of stars, a being with twelve arms, the original Spiral.

And then he heard his father's voice again:

"Son, your Krono is not just a tool. It is the last fragment of Origin itself."

Zeron gasped awake, heart pounding.

He whispered,

"What… am I?"

🔮 Preview – Chapter 22: "The Purple Verdict"

Zeron faces a vision of the Spiral's true purpose and a test from the Mecha Deity who created Krono.

Zui is captured by the Spiral Queen—but Lyra doesn't kill her. She wants her… to rule by her side.

Zake goes rogue to stop the main gate from being opened.

Titan-Omega reaches Phase-2.

And the Spiral Gate in the sky… begins pulling other worlds into view.