Page 1 – Panel 1:
Evan floats, eyes wide, barely breathing. Before him: a breathtaking stellar union—Aethon—a web of planets, glowing with life, technology, dominance.

CAPTION:
“This… this is what we were meant to return to?”

Page 1 – Panel 2:
Kairon’s silhouette eclipses one of the stars as he steps beside Evan, voice deep and regal.

Kairon:
“Aethon. Eternal. Undying. The empire your blood was forged for.”

Page 2 – Panel 1 (Earth – Hero Base):
The team stares at the screen. No one breathes.

Mirage (barely whispering):
“That’s not a lost world… that’s a throne.”

Page 2 – Panel 2:
Lena’s eyes flicker with rage. Voltfist grips a railing until it dents under his fist.

Lena (gritted teeth):
“No… this can’t be real.”

Page 3 – Panel 1 (Back to Space – Flashbacks Begin):
Kairon raises a hand. Holographic imagery unfolds around them like constellations coming alive.

Kairon (voice cold):
“Aethon was never lost, Sevrin. It was strategic illusion.”

Page 3 – Panel 2:
Flashback: Dozens of lush alien planets. Aethonian children born, nurtured… then launched into space like celestial seeds.

Kairon (voiceover):
“Each century, we send our young into the stars… born on false cradles, abandoned to seek power…”

Page 3 – Panel 3:
An enormous, god-tier weapon eclipses a sun—THE ECLIPTOR—a star-siphoning, planet-breaking monolith.

Kairon (voiceover):
“…as the Ecliptor erases the evidence. Light extinguished. Legacies forged in darkness.”

Page 4 – Panel 1:
Images of heroes rising from chaos, planets adopting them as protectors—unknowing pawns.

Kairon (voiceover):
“You were never saviors. You were vanguards. Instruments of infiltration. Worms in the soil before conquest.”

Page 4 – Panel 2:
Evan’s face turns to stone. The world cracks in his eyes.

Evan (narration):
“It was never about hope. It was always about dominance.”

Page 4 – Panel 3:
He looks down at Earth from space. Silent. Heavy.

Evan (narration):
“Was I their hammer? Their seed of death?”

Page 5 – Panel 1 (Back at the Hero Base):
Lena’s breathing grows sharp. Phantomark steps forward, unsure.

Lena:
“Then what am I? Just another cog in this galactic scam?”

Page 5 – Panel 2:
She slams her fist into a metal panel—shattering it.

Lena:
“If my parents are part of this… I’ll tear it all down myself.”

Page 6 – Panel 1 (Space – Kairon & Evan):
Kairon turns to him, solemn yet firm.

Kairon:
“It is your destiny. Stand with us, Sevrin. The galaxy awaits your command.”

Page 6 – Panel 2:
Evan glares, voice low, trembling with rage.

Evan:
“I am not your Sevrin. I am not your pawn. I am not your monster.”

Page 6 – Panel 3:
Kairon’s tone hardens, his power crackling like suns behind his eyes.

Kairon:
“You refuse your birthright… for them? Fragile, feeble parasites with no fire?”

Page 7 – Panel 1:
Captain Hawke’s voice cuts in Evan’s comms, urgent and cold.

Captain:
“Evan, tactical analysis complete. You have a 4.2% chance of survival. Evacuate now.”

Page 7 – Panel 2:
Evan lowers his chin. Energy begins to surge through him like an unstable star.

Evan:
“Then tell the team… if I die, I die free.”

Page 8 – Full-Page Splash:
Evan rockets into his father like a meteor of rage—shattering through an asteroid field. Kairon grits his teeth as the two crash into a molten planet surface, splitting it open.

Page 9 – Panel 1:
They erupt from the cracked crust. Kairon grabs Evan by the throat, hurls him through a moon, obliterating it.

Page 9 – Panel 2:
Evan reforms mid-space, energy flaring, slams into Kairon, locking fists, causing a solar shockwave across a nearby star.

Kairon:
“You disappoint me. You were designed for greatness.”

Page 9 – Panel 3:
Kairon headbutts Evan with brutal force—blood spills into vacuum.

Page 10 – Panel 1:
Evan lands a powerful punch, knocking Kairon into a floating asteroid.

Evan:
“I wasn’t designed. I’m not your weapon!”

Kairon catches him, slams him into another moon. Gravity shatters around them.

Page 10 – Panel 2:
Evan, panting, bruised, gasping in the void. Final punch—Evan slams Kairon into a dead planet with everything he has. It fractures violently.

Evan (narration):
“I can’t beat him. Not like this…”

Page 10 – Panel 3:
Evan looks at the fragments and then—vanishes at lightbreaking speed.

Page 10 – Panel 4:
Kairon climbs from the broken crust, smirking faintly. He watches Evan disappear.

Kairon (quietly):
“Run, boy. I’ll break you next time.”

Page 11 – Panel 1 (Earth – Hero Base):
A thunderclap. The ceiling shatters as Evan crashes down, shaking the entire base. His armor is shattered. His eyes—haunted.

Page 11 – Panel 2:
Mirage runs to him. Lena doesn’t move—she stares at Evan like she knows.

Page 11 – Panel 3:
Evan lifts his head, voice barely audible.

Evan:
“Aethon… was never destroyed.”

Page 11 – Panel 4:
Evan (continued):
“There was no extinction. No war. Just a system. A lie.”

Page 11 – Panel 5:
Lena’s eyes go bloodshot. She whispers through her rage:

Lena:
“I get it now. Zykor… he wasn’t trying to destroy Aethon. He was trying to stop it.”