64. Weird dream on the airplane
The private jet sliced through the clouds, a silver arrow carrying Caos toward Iceland’s untamed heart. Inside, the cabin glowed with the flicker of a screen, replaying a legendary El Clásico—Real Madrid versus Barcelona, the night Cristiano Ronaldo became a god.
Chaos, sprawled across a leather seat, clutched the obsidian Ouranos ball, its cosmic pulse syncing with his own. His seven abs tightened beneath his black hoodie, the weight of Madrid’s farewell—Keyla’s tears, Michaela’s kiss, Zeraphina’s silent vow—still raw. The U17 World Cup’s 30 goals burned in his memory, but this match, this relic of Ronaldo’s fire, was a mirror to his soul.
“Cristiano, you mad bastard,” Caos muttered, eyes locked on the screen. El Bernabéu roared, a coliseum of light and fury. Ronaldo, in his prime, danced past Piqué with an Elastico Chop, the ball a phantom under his boots. Caos leaned forward, whispering to an imagined Maat, “See this, Jack? You’ll never touch this fire.” His rival’s shadow loomed, Barcelona’s faltering prince, but Ronaldo’s brilliance drowned it out. The screen flared as Cristiano unleashed a Meteor Pulse Shot, the ball screaming past Ter Stegen, a comet tearing through Catalonia’s night.
“Oi, Keyla, you’d lose it right now,” Caos chuckled, picturing her green skirt twirling in excitement. “This is my blood, yeah?” The jet faded as he sank into the match, Ronaldo’s every move a verse in his own myth. A Nebula Shift sent Busquets sprawling, the ball weaving through defenders like a star charting its own constellation. Caos’s fingers twitched, tracing the Ouranos ball’s surface, its glow whispering of Iceland’s volcanoes, where he’d forge his next trick—perhaps an Aurora Strike to rival Ronaldo’s legend.
The screen cut to Ronaldo’s second goal, a header defying gravity, his eyes blazing with what Caos knew as Deus Machina Pain.
“That’s it, mate,” Caos said aloud, voice thick. “You felt the void, didn’t you? Mum’s gone, Vesta’s gone, but the pitch is ours.
” His mother’s absence clawed at him, a wound no trophy could heal. He imagined Zeraphina’s Nordic gaze, her voice steady: “Caos, you carry their fire.” Léonor’s text buzzed in his mind—amor mio, burn them all—urging him to eclipse even Ronaldo.
Barcelona fought back, Messi’s flick a spark of genius, but Ronaldo was relentless. A third goal, an Eclipse Vortex, spun the ball in a hypnotic arc, leaving Alba frozen. Caos laughed, raw and wild. “That’s my move, Cristiano! You nicked it from my future!” The cabin felt alive, as if the Ouranos ball hummed in sync with the screen’s chaos. He pictured Michaela, her pajama-clad kiss still warm on his cheek, whispering, “We’ve got our ways.” Was this match her gift, a beacon to guide him to Iceland? The thought anchored him, igniting a flicker of determination within. He could almost hear her voice urging him to seize the moment, to draw strength from their shared dreams as the game unfolded into a fierce battle of skill and strategy.
“Mate, you’re a bloody titan,” Caos said, as Ronaldo scored a fourth, a scissor kick that shattered physics. The Bernabéu chanted a hymn to a warrior-king, and Caos felt it in his bones—the call to be more than a prodigy, to be myth incarnate. His Iceland quest loomed, a land of glaciers and fire where he’d face new rivals, perhaps Maat himself, waiting to test the Ouranos ball.
“You think you can outshine this, Jack?” he growled, imagining his rival’s smirk. “I’ll burn your pitch to ash.” With determination coursing through him, Caos tightened his grip on the ball, envisioning the victory that awaited him. The echoes of the crowd fueled his ambition; the journey ahead would not only define him but also carve his name into the annals of football history.
The jet dipped, Iceland’s silhouette faintly visible beyond the clouds. Caos’s heart raced, Ronaldo’s performance a gauntlet thrown at his feet. The Ouranos ball pulsed, its glow a challenge to forge his own legend. He saw Vesta’s shadow, her departure a scar, yet her belief in him a flame. “I’m coming, Iceland,” he whispered, gripping the ball. “This chaos isn’t done.” The screen faded, Ronaldo’s final bow a promise—Caos would rise, a storm-lord to rival the gods.
To be continued…