27. Voracious players

The floating and submerged arenas became the stage for a show broadcast to the Forgotten Planet. There, cyborg princes and androids gambled in the name of Xtreme or Heart. However, as the games began, the Ecliptic picked up a signal from deep space: a mechanical voice that cut through the silence. "The mortal gods are violating protocol. The judgment of the Creators approaches." Lyra-9 and Kayle-13 were divided by conflicting orders and knew the arenas could set not only Earth, but also the millennia-old Xtreme empire, on fire.