Date : 15th Aelara 3045
Location: Himalayan Subterranean Research Base, 3:47 A.M.
Subject: Unauthorized Rift Simulation – Time-Space Dimensional
Experiment (TSD-03)
Lead: Dr. Aarya Sen
AI System: NARAD (Neural-Activated Robotic Autonomous Director)
Status: High-security lockdown — Overridden
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The lab was a tomb of silence, humming only with the breath of machines and the pulsing heartbeat of forbidden science. Sub-zero winds howled beyond the reinforced steel of the mountain's encasement, but inside, everything was alive with algorithms and electricity.
Dr. Aarya Sen stood alone in the control bay, her dark hair tied up messily, face lit by the pale blue glow of twenty surveillance monitors. Her fingers moved in a practiced blur over the touch-reactive interface. Every screen blinked with cautionary warnings she had already overridden.
She didn't look up.
She didn't hesitate.
NARAD:
"Unauthorized action. Access protocol NARAD-Security Override 9-Alpha-3 confirmed.
Please note: This experiment is classified as unstable. Initiating countdown is against all current safety recommendations."
AARYA (softly):"Override final confirmation. Execute Rift Simulation TSD-03."
NARAD (tone shifting):
"Final override accepted. Initializing."
Behind her, a massive cylindrical chamber began to rotate. Eight mechanical arms, each tipped with quantum-field sensors, extended and locked into position.
The chamber was called The Womb. Theoretical physicists had nicknamed it that—half in jest, half in reverence. It was designed to open space like a wound, like an umbilical cord to parallel dimensions.
She stepped to the secondary console.
3:49 A.M.
The clock ticked. The experiment began.
NARAD SEQUENCE LOG:
Step 1 – Dimensional Stabilization Field: ONLINE
Step 2 – Quantum Anchor Node Activation: STABLE
Step 3 – Tachyonic Particle Injection: INITIATED
Sparks flared from the node lines like divine veins beneath the surface of reality. In the Womb, the air rippled, thickened, shimmered like oil over water. Aarya's eyes widened slightly, her pupils dilated, as if sensing something... watching back.
AARYA (dictating):"Particle interference negligible. Temporal dilation under threshold. Stabilization at 92%. Initiate final threshold burst."
NARAD:
"This step may cause a destabilization of the causal loop. Proceed?"
Aarya hesitated. Just for a breath. Just for the smallest flicker of instinct.
And then… she smiled.
AARYA:"Proceed."
Step 4 – Dimensional Tear Initiation: EXECUTED
There was no sound.
There was only light.
Blinding. Pulsing. Alive.
The tear in space unfolded like a lotus blooming in fast reverse—a vacuum of everything, shaped like an eye, swirling with unknowable geometry.
And from within it, something—something—looked back.
The machines screamed warnings.
NARAD:
"Critical field destabilization. Particle bridge collapsing. Evacuate immediately."
But it was too late.
The chamber pulsed. Her atoms unlatched. Time lost its teeth.
And as the Rift expanded, Dr. Aarya Sen vanished.
Not torn apart.
Not disintegrated.
Pulled.
LAB SYSTEM STATUS — 3:52 A.M.
"Subject: Dr. Aarya Sen — Location: Unknown."
"All protocols terminated. Womb system shut down. Rift closed."
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