The Vanguard Oath: SkyVault Heroes!

[OPENING SCENE — SKYVAULT CITY, SUNSET]

The sky trembles as a tear opens above Skyvault, bleeding crimson energy. Servix descends — a towering, eldritch being of swirling violet flame and shattering glass-like armor, her many eyes shifting in rhythmic chaos.

Irion (gritting teeth): "It's time."

Below, the full Vanguard team assembles — armored, determined. The air warps as the Servants of Servix land beside her: Vellor (Galejack), obsidian-skinned and crowned with black thunder; Malhera, cloaked in webs of light; and Kravien, a bone-armored monstrosity with void-spitting blades.

Kael (adjusts gauntlet): "We fight together. No matter what."

[BATTLE BEGINS — SKYVAULT CITY CENTER]

The Vanguard team launches forward:

Kael no longer draws his sword — his body glows with internal energy. He uses predictive afterimages, teleporting mid-strike and hurling explosive force-pulses from his bare hands.

Suki unleashes a blooming storm of glowing petal razors. She spirals in midair, controlling petals like whips, slicing through Kravien's blades.

Tari kneels, deploying her Nova Lance, a high-pressure photon sniper. She holds her breath and fires — the blast pierces Malhera's shield, stunning her.

Echo-7 directs a swarm of drones in formation, constructing light barriers and counter-burst grids to suppress the enemy's approach.

Aurix activates his warform: arms crystallize into molten shields, striking enemies with seismic bursts.

Irion is everywhere at once, phasing between reality splits, throwing plasma-blades from midair.

Yuna commands her psychic vines, dragging Vellor mid-charge and slamming him into buildings. Her eyes blaze silver as her mind rips through mental illusions.

Veya enters from the east, covered in new armor lined with spectral fire. Her staff divides into two crescent sabers, slicing through summoned beasts as she races toward Servix herself.

Veya (shouting): "You burned my city once. Not again!"

[MID-BATTLE — ABOVE THE CITY]

Servix raises her hands — reality bends. Skyvault begins lifting from its foundation as a giant spire of light erupts. Civilians scream as the battlefield becomes airborne.

Servix: "This world has forgotten its oaths. I will burn remembrance into your bones."

Kael leaps upward, fists blazing, and strikes her midair. The impact shakes the sky — but Servix laughs, unharmed.

Vellor intercepts Yuna and Irion. Their clash ignites a vortex of psychic screams and null energy.

Suki and Veya fight back-to-back, overrun by Malhera's shadow clones. They spin, petals and flame blending, taking enemies with them.

Suki: "Veya — fall back!"

Veya: "Not a chance. This ends now."

[FINAL CLASH — CRIMSON FISSURE, ABOVE SKYVAULT]

Kael channels his inner core — the entire sky flashes white. He roars, a beam of energy shooting from his heart, blasting through Servix's chest. She shrieks — but not in pain — in pleasure.

Servix: "Good. Now you're waking up."

Her body fractures… and begins to evolve.

But before her rebirth can complete —

Irion (voice steady): "End it. NOW."

Yuna, Kael, and Suki launch their powers in unison. Psychic vines, petals of light, and a sonic punch crash into the Servix core.

Servix is thrown backward, screeching, and vanishes into a spiraling tear of light. The sky collapses into calm.

[AFTERMATH — SKYVAULT HQ, DAWN]

Veya walks with a limp, bruised but alive. Tari helps Yuna sit down. Irion stares at the sunrise.

Aurix (softly): "It's over."

Echo-7: "For now."

Kael: "We did what we swore we would. We protected this world."

Suki: "But at a cost."

Veya (quietly): "Then maybe it's time we rest. Just for a while."

They look to each other — warriors, no longer just soldiers. Vanguards.

[POST-CREDIT SCENE — EDGE OF RUINS]

Vellor — bruised, one eye glowing — kneels beside a fallen spire. He smiles.

Vellor (grinning): "Soon, my Queen... soon."

Behind him, a new shadow rises.

TO BE CONTINUED IN EPISODE 60...