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I. The Black Sky Opens
Sector 9 wasn’t supposed to see aircraft—not military, not civilian. It was a forgotten zone by design, a place built to rot in silence. But silence shattered when the sky split open like a wound.
The black ship from Protocol Omega broke through the clouds at exactly 5:00 AM.
No lights.
No signal.
Just presence.
Children stirred. Sensors failed. Cameras cracked from the surge of unstable Neva circling the ship like static. It didn’t land—it hovered, casting a long, oblong shadow across the courtyard, right where Ares had stood the day before.
Inside the command office, Commander Nir watched it happen from the security feed… and didn’t blink.
“They came faster than expected.”
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II. Descent
Six figures dropped without a sound.
No ropes.
No gear.
They s
