(Marvel, DC, images, manhuas, and every anime that will be mentioned and used in this story are not mine. They all belong to their respective owners. The main character "Karito/Adriel Josue Valdez" and the story are mine)
The streets of Valoran City were unnaturally quiet.
Too quiet.
Twin moons hung over the skyline like silent sentinels, bathing the rooftops in cold blue light. Streetlamps flickered occasionally, static humming through the wires like whispers of something watching. And overhead, the stars shimmered—beautiful, distant, and tense.
Just like them.
Two Star Guardian teams moved together across the upper edge of a shopping district rooftop, the soles of their boots tapping out a syncopated rhythm against the concrete. Miss Fortune led the front, her pace clipped and mechanical. Janna hovered near the rear, arms crossed, gaze scanning the skyline with distant concern. The others were scattered in between—Syndra, Soraka, Lulu, Poppy, and Ezreal—forming a disjointed vanguard.
Lux and Jinx were at the center of the formation, walking side-by-side. Close. Too close.
And Ahri?
She was behind them. Always behind them.
"She shouldn't even be here," Jinx muttered under her breath, loud enough for everyone to hear.
Lux didn't bother whispering. "If she hadn't asked Peter to go after Neeko, maybe we wouldn't be dealing with this crap."
Ahri flinched.
She didn't respond. Not at first.
It had been a month since Peter vanished. Since he dove into a dimension none of them could track, chasing a girl who'd been presumed dead for years. No one had heard from him since. No traces, no signals, no Guardian aura. Just silence.
Until the tremors started.
Dimensional tremors. Reality itself had spasmed—like a scream in the fabric of space—and everyone had felt it. Some more than others.
"What makes you two so sure it was him?" Miss Fortune asked sharply, breaking the silence.
"Please," Lux scoffed. "Who else could it be? You felt the surge, didn't you? Like something exploded across existence."
"It wasn't natural," Jinx added. "Felt like... I don't know, something broke."
Soraka spoke softly. "Reality is sensitive. It bends when Star Guardians die—or when someone strong enough pushes past its boundaries."
"Oh, and I'm sure Mr. Spider-God with the freaky black suit wouldn't push anything, huh?" Jinx sneered.
Ahri closed her eyes.
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