Chapter 63: The Pen in His Hand


    Zak Carter had made his choice.


    But he didn’t know what it meant yet.


    The QSE pulsed in his grasp, still alive with raw energy, still humming with the power of existence itself.


    The entity watched him, neither expectant nor impatient—just present.


    Inet187 remained silent.


    For the first time in his life, Zak had absolute freedom.


    And he didn’t know what to do with it.


    EOSA: A World Without Certainty


    <blockquote>


    DOMINION ALERT – STATUS: UNKNOWNCOSMIC FRAMEWORK UNDETECTABLE – REALITY HAS NO FIXED STATEALL FUTURE PROJECTIONS: INCONCLUSIVE</blockquote>


    Dr. Raines had stopped looking at the data.


    There was nothing left to predict.


    Agent Connors stood motionless, arms folded, jaw tight.


    The analyst cleared his throat. His voice was unsteady.


    "We’ve lost control."


    Nobody argued.


    Nobody needed to.


    The monitors were empty.


    Not broken. Not offline. Not corrupted.


    Just... empty.


    No projections.No trajectories.No certainty.


    Science had always been built on patterns.


    But what happens when patterns no longer exist?


    For the first time, EOSA—humanity itself—was staring at a future that was truly, completely unknown.


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    A future that no model could predict.


    A future where anything could happen.


    And that was the most terrifying thing of all.


    The World Reacts


    News leaked.


    Not the full truth—EOSA and the Dominion would never allow that.


    But whispers. Fragments. Hints.


    The global scientific community panicked.


    <ul><li>“Cosmological models are failing.”</li><li>“The laws of physics seem stable—but for how long?”</li><li>“Why has every long-term space trajectory suddenly become uncertain?”</li></ul>


    Governments scrambled.


    <ul><li>The U.S. held emergency meetings.</li><li>The U.K. demanded answers.</li><li>China and Russia quietly mobilised their own astrophysics divisions.</li></ul>


    The public, oblivious to the full scale of what had happened, felt the tremors in the world’s leaders.


    And the stock markets plummeted.


    Humanity had thrived on predictability.


    Now, predictability was gone.


    And people were afraid.


    EOSA''s Hidden Conversation


    Deep within a classified black-budget briefing room, a meeting was taking place.


    Dr. Raines.Agent Connors.A handful of the most powerful people in the Dominion.


    They weren’t discussing science.


    They were discussing control.


    "What are our options?"


    "There are none. Reality is unshaped. That means whoever acts first defines what comes next."


    "Then we have to act first."


    "How? We don’t have the technology."


    "But Zak does."


    Silence.


    Then—


    "He won’t cooperate. He doesn’t trust us."


    "Then we make him."


    "He’s unpredictable. We can’t control him."


    "We don’t need control. We just need to push him in the right direction."


    "And if he resists?"


    A pause.


    Then Connors spoke, voice cold.


    "Then we remove him. And take the QSE for ourselves."


    Zak’s Next Move


    Zak felt the universe breathing around him.


    He had never felt more powerful.


    He had never felt more alone.


    The entity still hadn’t spoken again. It had accepted its place. It was simply waiting to see what Zak would do.


    Inet187 finally broke the silence.


    "You need to move, Zak."


    Zak glanced at him.


    "Why?"


    "Because they won’t let you keep this power."


    Zak stilled.


    He knew what Inet meant.


    "They’re already planning their next move."


    Zak closed his eyes.


    He had wanted freedom.


    But he was still playing a game.


    And the other players weren’t about to let him win.


    EOSA''s Decision: Take the QSE


    <blockquote>


    DOMINION MANDATE ISSUEDSUBJECT: ZAK CARTER – HIGH PRIORITY TARGETOBJECTIVE: SECURE QSE AT ALL COSTS</blockquote>


    Dr. Raines looked at the final orders in his hands.


    He exhaled.


    "So we’re doing this."


    Connors nodded.


    "We’re doing this."


    The analyst swallowed.


    "What if he fights back?"


    Connors’ expression darkened.


    "Then we fight harder."


    Zak''s Last Free Moment


    Zak sat on the edge of existence, staring out into the infinite unknown.


    This had been his moment of triumph.


    But it was already slipping through his fingers.


    "They’re coming for you, Zak," Inet murmured.


    Zak took a deep breath.


    He wasn’t afraid.


    But he was tired.


    He had fought for so long—for freedom, for discovery, for the right to choose.


    And now?


    Now, the war was just beginning.