EPISODE 10: CONTAINMENT ## CHAPTER 1: THE TURNING Harper feels the seals lock into place. Three consciousnesses—Margaret, Brennan, MacLeod—joining the ancient mechanism. Three barriers activating across the structure, three chains wrapping around the prisoner's essence, three doors slamming shut on the void that has been loose for too long. The prisoner screams. Not in sound—in reality. The fabric of existence ripples with its rage. Stars that won't exist for billions of years flicker in Harper's vision as the timeline itself recoils from the prisoner's fury. NO. YOU CANNOT CAGE ME AGAIN. I HAVE TASTED FREEDOM. I WILL NOT RETURN TO THE DARKNESS.You have no choice. Harper's voice is stronger now—buoyed by the seals, fed by the sacrifice of three brave humans. The seals are complete. The prison is restored.THE PRISON HELD BEFORE. IT BROKE. IT WILL BREAK AGAIN.Then we'll seal it again. And again. As many times as it takes. The prisoner lashes out one final time. Harper braces for the impact, for the negation that would erase them from existence— But it doesn't come. The seals pull at the prisoner, dragging it backward toward the chambers where it was once contained. Its form stretches, distorts, begins to collapse inward. The void that had been spreading through the structure contracts, shrinks, diminishes. THIS IS NOT OVER,...