The Fractured Star

The stars above Altropolis flicker unnaturally. One vanishes completely. The League scrambles to investigate.League HQ – Crisis BriefingClaw: A star system collapsed overnight. No explosion. No radiation. Just… gone.Astralis: The readings show a fracture in space-time. Something erased it.Iron Phantom: And left behind a signal.Crystal: A pulse of Guardian energy—but twisted.Kaldar steps forward, Echo Core glowing faintly.Kaldar: I’ll go. If someone’s corrupting Guardian power, I need to stop it.Mission: The Fractured StarKaldar, Claw, and Astralis travel to the edge of the system. What they find is eerie—floating debris, frozen in time, and a single glowing shard pulsing with unstableenergy.Crystal: That shard… it’s not natural.Claw: It’s a trap.Suddenly, the shard explodes—releasing three shadowy figures. They’re humanoid, but flickering, glitching, like broken holograms.Riftborn Commander: You trespass on the edge of the Rift.Kaldar: Who are you?Riftborn Commander: We are the Riftborn. Children of collapsed timelines. And we want your Echo Core.A battle erupts. Kaldar deflects their attacks, but they phase in and out of reality.Astralis: They’re unstable. We need to anchor them!Kaldar: Echo Pulse—Dimensional Lock!A wave of energy stabilizes the Riftborn just long enough for Claw to strike.Claw: Flame Barrage!The Riftborn retreat, but not before leaving a message burned into the debris:“The Order watches. The Rift expands.”Back at School – Unusual BehaviorRiko and Tess notice Kaldar acting distant.Riko: You okay, man?Kaldar: Just… saw something out there. Something broken.Tess: You’re not alone. We’ve got your back.Kaldar smiles, grateful. But Crystal whispers a warning.Crystal: The Riftborn won’t be the last. The Order is stirring. And Sulmento… is watching.To Be Continued…