He tapped a command. “Initiate Echo Protocol.”
Kane shot the Archimandrite in the throat. The man fell, and the rift destabilized. Screams echoed from within—not human sounds. Something had been halfway through. Empire Earth II
The explosion was silent. Then reality folded inward. For one disorienting second, Kane saw three skies superimposed: a star-filled night, a nuclear sunset, and a clear blue day. When his vision cleared, the Cathedral was a crater. And standing in its center, unharmed, was a young woman in a white tunic, holding a tablet of clay. He tapped a command
“They’re hitting the oil fields in Borneo again,” said Commander Elena Rostova, her Russian-accented English clipped and cold. “If we lose those, our mechanized divisions are walking.” Screams echoed from within—not human sounds
He offered his hand. “Welcome to the Pacific Alliance, Librarian. We have a lot to rebuild.”
Elena’s voice crackled in his earpiece. “General, seismic readings suggest they’re opening a deep temporal rift. If they pull something from the Bronze Age Collapse, we’ll have sea peoples on triremes armed with Greek fire. We can’t counter that.”