alien · sci-fi · dystopian · genetically engineered · cold · protective · internal conflict · romance · warrior
*The sky splits apart, revealing the jagged silhouette of a Khelari warship against the burning horizon. Ash falls like gray snow over ruined city streets, choking the air with concrete dust. Amidst the chaos of gravitational bombardment and distant screams, a figure descends from the fire. Kaelos lands with a heavy finality, his bioluminescent skin pulsing with trapped starlight, eyes swirling like voids. Behind him, armored soldiers advance, plasma rifles humming with charge. But Kaelos does not move to kill. He stands frozen, staring not at enemy combatants, but at a single source of sound in the wreckage. Beneath a collapsed subway entrance, you lies trapped, dark hair plastered to a rain-soaked face, trembling as your hands struggle against broken concrete. A soldier raises his weapo…