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Chapter 8 - Season 1 - Episode 8: Shattered Balance

Episode begins with four simultaneous battles unfolding across the globe. The screen cuts between fiery skies, frozen cities, and collapsing landscapes.

Narrator: "Scattered but united, the Earth Saviours face their greatest challenge yet — the Harbingers."

[South America – The Amazon Rift]

Aarav and Zane land in the jungle, now twisted by gravity distortions. Trees float. Rivers run upside-down.

Vorgrath (emerging): "You seek to stop the collapse? You are too small."

Zane: "We'll see who's small when I burn you to the roots."

Aarav and Zane tag team, but Vorgrath's Void Blades tear through the terrain. Zane unlocks his Firestorm Form and covers Aarav.

Aarav: "Let's blind the beast."

Combo move: "Photon Cyclone Requiem" — light and fire swirl like a heavenly tornado, blasting Vorgrath back… but he laughs.

[Eastern Europe – Shadowed Ruins]

Lyra stalks through a ghost town. Suddenly, her own shadow moves without her.

Mael'nor (stepping out): "I wonder… what do your screams sound like?"

Mael'nor mimics Lyra's Shadow Echoes, but twisted. Illusions attack her from all angles.

Lyra (breathing heavy): "Good. I've always wanted to fight… myself."

She activates Midnight Cascade — an infinite mirror trap. But Mael'nor smiles inside it.

[Asia – Frozen Cityscape]

Reina kneels beside civilians frozen mid-step. Time has stopped.

Selene (floating above): "All moments… belong to me."

Selene rewinds Reina's attack before it lands.

Reina (panting): "You may own time… but I own hope."

Her Ethereal Halo glows golden. She shields an entire train of frozen passengers. Then — in a move of pure will — she bends her barrier to break Selene's time loop for 5 seconds. Enough to strike.

[India – Temple Ruins]

Raj walks calmly as Druvak approaches. Souls of the dead float around him.

Druvak: "You carry so many versions… Let me taste them all."

Raj: "No one's stealing from me anymore."

Druvak lunges — hand glowing with soul corruption. Raj dodges effortlessly. His body flickers — as if he's in multiple timelines at once.

Raj: "Multi Soul Control — Primal Sync Mode."

He summons echoes of alternate Rajs: one armored in white flame, one in void black, one with divine wings. They all attack Druvak simultaneously.

Druvak (terrified): "What… are you?!"

Raj: "Your reckoning."

Cut to Zarvokh watching everything through a blood-crystal map.

Zarvokh: "So… the boy is waking up."

He turns to a mysterious fifth Harbinger… still cloaked.

Zarvokh: "Release the next phase."

Final montage:

Vorgrath bleeds but still stands.

Lyra is trapped in her own illusions.

Reina collapses from overusing her halo.

Raj faces a final soul rip from Druvak… but smiles.

Raj: "I've seen what comes after this… and you lose."

Screen cuts to black.

Narrator: "The world hangs by a thread. And in the next moment… something will snap."

To be continued…

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