CHIKA'S MANSION 10:23 P.M.
Blue flash.
Favour (Cancer) lands on cracked marble, tidal claws retracting.
Armor cracked.
She sprints toward the kitchen light.
Door bursts open.
David lies sprawled on the tile floor, belly swollen like a danfo tire.
Plates tower—jollof, egusi, suya, moi-moi, pounded yam.
Spoon hovers, wiping crumbs.
David's head lolls, eyes half-closed.
"Chika… more fish?"
Favour freezes.
David blinks.
Not Chika.
A girl.
Beautiful.
Long braids, sweat-glistened skin, eyes like storm clouds.
Tidal armor hugging curves.
David BLUSHES—hard.
"H-hey… who are you?"
Favour's cheeks flush.
"Are you Scorpio? Or is your name David?"
David sits up, belly jiggling.
"Y-yes… I a—am."
Three seconds.
Silence.
Eyes locked.
Heartbeats sync.
Spoon whispers:
"Shall I fetch tea for the lady?"
Favour snaps out.
"Come to Abuja. Fight with us. You've been doing training, right?"
David nods, still staring.
"Yes."
Favour:
"Excellent. Now—"
David tries standing.
Belly protests.
"Wait—Chika's in Abuja? What happened?"
Favour:
"He's fighting."
David:
"Fighting who?"
Favour, hasty:
"A henchman.i will tell you the Details later. Come!"
She grabs his hand.
Awkward silence.
Fingers interlace.
David's blush deepens.
Favour's pulse races.
Spoon:
"Safe travels, lovebirds!"
TELEPORT FLASH.
ABUJA – IDC RUINS – 10:23 P.M.
They materialize in hell.
Smoke chokes the air.
IDC tower—half-collapsed, flames licking steel.
Dead agents sprawled—eyes hollow, souls gone.
Void scars etched into concrete.
David's eyes widen.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
Favour pulls him forward.
"Focus! Look up!"
SKY.
GIANT GREEN DOME—pulsing, alive, mountains visible inside.
Lightning cracks within.
David:
"is That.… Chika?"
Favour:
"Skorn. Class-Omega-Plus. Anti-matter. And I think Chika is fighting him in his domain."
David's stomach growls—loud.
Favour glances.
"You ate… all that?"
David, sheepish:
"Na the Spoon's fault."
Favour smirks despite chaos.
"Can you fight with a full belly?"
David cracks knuckles.
Water condenses
"Watch me."
Favour spins, tidal claws half-formed.
"Wait—you can't connect to your zodiac sign yet?"
David freezes, belly still round.
"Uh… not fully."
Favour sighs, hand to forehead.
"Oh my God. I thought you were synced—that's why I dragged you here!"
David's mind flashes—Chika's words:
"Connect to Scorpio. Tattoos. Latent power."
He grins, water swirling around his fists.
"Don't worry. I learned some new water moves."
Favour tucks a braid behind her ear, cheeks pink.
"You really think so?"
David puffs chest—belly wobbles.
"Yes. I think."
Favour's eyes soften—a heartbeat.
Then SNAP.
She points at the green dome.
"That's one of Kahos's henchmen. Chika hasn't killed it yet. How could you possibly defeat him!!?—"
David's smile fades.
Eyes narrow.
"Could it really be that strong…?"
THE EMERALD DOMAIN – 10:25 P.M.
THEY COLLIDE.
BOOM.
Shockwave flattens forests.
Chika's blades slash — starfire arcs.
Skorn counters — void shield absorbs, fires back anti-matter spear.
Chika spins — blades deflect, sparks like supernovas.
Skorn charges — fist the size of a truck.
Chika meets it — STARFALL PALM.
Fist vs. fist — reality screams.
Green ground splits.
Mountains collapse.
Skorn's voice — like grinding planets:
"WIZARD. YOU DELAY THE INEVITABLE."
Chika's eyes — white-hot suns:
"I've delayed gods."
SKORN UNLEASHES ANTI-MATTER STORM.
Red-purple tornado — devours light, air, sound.
Chika plants blades.
"CELESTIAL NOVA."
WHITE SPHERE ERUPTS — starfire, pure creation.
Storm vs. Nova — deadlock.
Domain trembles.
Green sky bleeds.
Skorn laughs.
"YOUR DOMAIN CRACKS."
Chika grits teeth.
Tattoos flare — ALL MAGICAL SIGNS IGNITE.
Power surges.
He breaks the deadlock.
Nova EXPANDS — pushes storm back.
Skorn staggers.
Void armor fractures.
Chika vanishes — reappears behind.
"COSMIC EXECUTION."
Dual blades CROSS-SLASH.
Starfire X burns through Skorn's back.
Skorn ROARS — spins — anti-matter claw.
Chika ducks — counters with uppercut.
STARFIRE FIST TO JAW.
Skorn's head snaps back.
ANTI-MATTER ERUPTS — CHAOS WAVE.
Chika's armor cracks.
Blood — golden light — drips.
He doesn't flinch.
"I've fought worse."
SKORN REGENERATES — BIGGER.
Wings become blades.
"DIE."
Chika smiles — feral.
"Not today."
He claps hands.
"CELESTIAL ASCENSION — FINAL FORM."
ALL TATTOOS MERGE — ONE GIANT DRAGON RUNE ON CHEST.
Wings become Dragon WINGS.
Blades fuse into CLAWS and FANGS.
CHIKA BECOMES — CELESTIAL DRAGON.
Skorn charges.
Chika's tail slices skorn by the side with sharp skails on it's tail— pierces core.
STARFIRE FLOODS SKORN'S BODY.
Skorn SCREAMS.
Anti-matter collapses inward.
Chika pulls tail free.
"Tell Kahos — Earth is under new management."