EPISODE 18 – "THE ARRIVAL OF THE VORTEX"
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Scene 1 – Grêmio U-16 Stadium, 7:59 AM
Light rain. Cloudy skies. Distant thunder. The stands begin to fill, tension in the air. Cut to the Flamengo U-16 locker room.
Blake (putting on the captain's armband):
– Today... is war.
Kadu (tying his boots):
– Elliot Cross... The English kid who stopped time against Cruzeiro. He's on another frequency.
Vitão (growling):
– Then we raise ours.
Camila (in the stands, adjusting her clipboard):
– Let's see if this storm came from London... or from Rio.
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Scene 2 – Match Start
Ref blows the whistle. First second. Flamengo U-16 vs Grêmio U-16. The stadium throbs. Grêmio kicks off. Flamengo presses with everything.
Narrator:
– A wet field. An invisible enemy. And the sound of hearts racing. The vortex... is open.
(1st minute – Elliot Cross touches the ball for the first time.)
He closes his eyes. Deep breath. The screen shifts.
[VISUAL EFFECT: The field turns bluish. Plays become translucent streams of energy. Lines intertwine like dancing rivers.]
Narrator:
– "Flow Vision." Elliot Cross. The boy who sees the immediate future.
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Scene 3 – Stands, next to Camila
Camila (startled):
– What... was that? He moved before the ball even left...
Bruno Salgado (pale, wearing a beanie, recovering from his fever):
– "Flow Vision." Only a handful of geniuses have it. They can see where every player will be... three seconds from now. It's like seeing time... before it exists.
Camila (scared):
– And... how do you beat that?
Bruno (serious):
– Only with another genius. Only... with another Vision.
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Scene 4 – Minutes 3 to 8
Elliot intercepts two passes. Dribbles two players without looking. His touch is light... but lethal. Flamengo tightens. Miguel, Nicolas, Blake, and Kadu exchange glances. The tension rises.
Narrator:
– And the vortex... opens wider. As if time itself... were just a toy in the hands of the Englishman.
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Scene 5 – Minute 10: Kadu's Awakening
Kadu closes his eyes. Deep breath. The raindrops seem to freeze midair. The field shifts colors in his mind.
[VISUAL EFFECT: The same energy lines. The same flow. But now... through Kadu's eyes.]
He makes a perfect tackle and intercepts Elliot.
Nicolas (wide-eyed):
– He... used it too.
Miguel (in shock):
– What...?
Blake (gritting his teeth):
– That... was Flow Vision.
Elliot Cross (grinning, sarcastic, looking at Kadu):
– Interesting...
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Scene 6 – Minute 12: "The King's Domain" Awakens
Elliot closes his eyes for 0.0001 milliseconds. Everything freezes for an almost imperceptible instant. When he opens them... a golden, dark aura surrounds his body.
Narrator:
– "The King's Domain." Absolute control of technique, speed, and time. A god on the field.
Elliot (cold voice):
– Now... you'll understand what royal football looks like.
He devours Miguel with a step-over. Nicolas with a clean cut. Kadu with a spin. Blake with a diagonal feint.
Vitão and Paulinho (charging like madmen):
– YOU WON'T—!!
Elliot chips the ball over both at once, leaving them face down on the ground.
Paulinho:
– ...Mommy...
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Scene 7 – Minute 20: The Unexpected Save
Elliot shoots with everything. Straight. A rocket. Everyone watches the ball flying toward the goal... but—
Narrator:
– A red lightning bolt tears across the field.
Renatinho Flow (inner voice):
– I don't talk to anyone on the team. But I always save it. Because... I'm simply the Flow.
Out of nowhere, he steals the ball at the exact instant before the goal. Sprints like lightning. Flash-style.
Elliot (grinning like Kira):
– Heh... Finally... someone worthy.
Everyone from Flamengo stares at the field... frozen.
Renatinho stops for 0.1 milliseconds. Elliot appears right beside him... like a monstrous shadow.
Renatinho (terrified):
– You...
Elliot (monstrous, whispering):
– It's over now.
Elliot steals the ball back. Suddenly, everyone converges: Miguel, Nicolas, Kadu, Vitão, Renatinho Flow, Matheus Blake, and Paulinho.
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Scene 8 – Minute 23: The Unthinkable Goal
Elliot raises his foot. Purple aura surrounds him. Time seems to spiral. He screams:
Elliot:
– "Final Strike: ULTRA EGO!!!"
The ball fires like a missile. Bruno (the goalkeeper) dives... but at the very last millisecond, the ball bends itself... curving into the opposite corner.
Narrator:
– And so... the world kneeled. Because in just 23 minutes... Elliot Cross showed he's on a world-class level.
The entire Flamengo squad drops to their knees. Total silence.
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