The sky turned red.
Alex stood on the ridge, watching the familiar blue of the afternoon sky bleed into a deep, crimson hue. The clouds swirled and churned, forming patterns that seemed to pulse with a rhythm older than time itself.
"The Prime is here," he said.
Sebastian appeared beside him, his face pale. "I can feel it. It's like... like the universe is holding its breath."
Alex nodded slowly. "It's been waiting for this moment. For me to become powerful enough to face it."
The message came at midnight.
Alex was in his quarters, meditating, when the air began to shimmer. A figure emerged from the shadows. Tall. Regal. His body shifting and changing, impossible to focus on. His eyes burned with a light that seemed to contain all of existence and nothing at all.
"Alexander Knight,"
