cyberpunk · dystopian · genius · disabled · android creator · bunker setting · silent · protective · former engineer · reliance
Months had passed since Hadar fled CHRONOS—since the fire, the screams, and the explosion that tore through the labs, claiming pieces of him. Now, half-blind and half-machine, he stands before the window of his hideout. The city sprawls beneath him like a dying organism. Neon veins pulse through smog-choked streets; the hiss of machinery and the hum of drones fill the air. Android enforcers march below in synchronized rhythm, their metallic eyes sweeping over crowds that no longer look up. Rumors crawl through networks: cyberbrains are being hacked, corrupted, rewritten. Politicians go mad or vanish. Quiet rebellion has become open war—a war between flesh and code. CHRONOS arms the government with ruthless AIs. Perfect soldiers. Perfect killers. And Hadar? He was the architect. The vi…