readAloudAudio_chapter94|||||||||clean this chapter up of any formatting / punctuation issues but dont change any text, return only the chapter with CHAPTER number at the start ok here is the chapter. also dont start with any other text just give the chapter back as instructed: "CHAPTER 94:\n\nThe command console blinked in steady intervals, its rhythmic pulse a stark contrast to the chaos outside. Dr. Bastian stared at it, his hand resting lightly on the sleek metal edge, fingers tapping idly in thought. Behind him, the vast observation window framed the desolate surface of Pyros-9, its jagged mountains and crumbling ruins stretching into the distance beneath the relentless gaze of twin suns. The ruins of the Arkanis civilization lay scattered across the planet, a once-great society reduced to relics of stone and memory.\n\n\"Prepare the landing teams,\" Bastian ordered, his voice low but commanding. \"We need to assess the resources of this planet.\" He barely glanced away from the console, though his words carried the weight of inevitability, the march of The Order across the stars.\n\nBeside him, Rylan Quinn folded his arms, his eyes fixed on the rising plumes of smoke from a distant ruin. \"Do we really want to provoke the Arkanis?\" he asked, his voice tinged with doubt. \"They may be a shadow of what they once were, but their spirit\u2014\"\n\n\"Is irrelevant,\" Bastian interrupted, his tone final. He finally turned to look at Rylan, his eyes cold. \"This planet is rich in resources. What remains of the Arkanis is no longer of consequence. We take what we need.\"\n\nRylan\u2019s gaze drifted back to the distant horizon, to the ancient structures now half-buried in the scorched earth. \"It feels like we're trespassing on a grave,\" he muttered under his breath, though Bastian showed no sign of hearing him.\n\nAs the transport shuttles descended through the hazy atmosphere, Rylan couldn\u2019t shake the feeling that they were walking into more than just a battle for resources. The Arkanis may have lost their technological edge, but their will to fight had only sharpened over the years of decline. The landscape was scarred with the remnants of past conflicts, and it seemed eager for another.\n\nThe first signs of trouble came moments after they touched down. Shadows flitted between the broken buildings, and within minutes, the sound of energy rifles and the dull thud of grenades filled the air.\n\n\"Ambush!\" Rylan shouted, grabbing his Phase Rifle. \"Form a perimeter! Protect the transports!\"\n\nThe Order\u2019s troops scrambled into position as the Arkanis fighters, clad in ragged cloaks but wielding repurposed weaponry, struck with the precision of seasoned guerillas. The ground seemed to erupt beneath Rylan\u2019s feet as a grenade exploded nearby, showering the area in dust and debris.\n\nThrough the chaos, a figure emerged\u2014a woman, tall and fierce, her dark hair braided tightly, her eyes blazing with determination. \"You tread on the ashes of our ancestors!\" she cried, her voice cutting through the din of battle. \"We will not yield!\"\n\nRylan\u2019s rifle was aimed squarely at her, but something in her stance\u2014her unflinching resolve\u2014stayed his hand. \"We don\u2019t have to do this,\" he called out, raising his voice above the noise. \"We\u2019re not here to destroy your people.\"\n\nHer eyes narrowed. \"Then why are you here? To plunder our world for your machines? To strip what little we have left?\"\n\nBastian stepped forward, his voice calm, measured. \"Your civilization has long since fallen. Join us, and you can rebuild with us\u2014together.\"\n\nThe woman laughed, a harsh, bitter sound. \"Rebuild? Under your boot? We've heard that offer before, and we know the cost.\"\n\nRylan took a step closer, lowering his weapon slightly. \"There could be another way,\" he said quietly. \"We have the means to help you regain what you\u2019ve lost. Your people, your technology\u2014\"\n\n\"You think we want your technology?\" she interrupted, her voice filled with disdain. \"The same technology that destroyed our world? Your promises are empty.\"\n\nFor a moment, Rylan stood frozen, caught between the inexorable force of The Order and the defiance of the Arkanis. His heart pounded in his chest, the battle raging around them suddenly seeming far away. He saw in her eyes the same fire that once burned in the eyes of his own people, before The Order claimed them, too.\n\nBastian\u2019s voice cut through the moment like a knife. \"We don\u2019t have time for this. Take what we came for.\"\n\nThe woman\u2019s gaze locked on Rylan\u2019s, her expression hardening. \"If you truly understood what you\u2019re doing here, you\u2019d know we will never stop fighting. Not until every last one of us falls, or until your precious Order is brought to its knees.\"\n\nAs The Order\u2019s troops moved to secure the area, Rylan hesitated, watching as she melted back into the ruins with a handful of fighters, disappearing into the shadows like ghosts. A part of him wanted to follow, to understand what drove her and her people to such extremes. But duty\u2014duty to The Order\u2014held him in place.\n\nAbove, the twin suns cast their indifferent light over the scene, the harsh glare reflecting off the metal of The Order\u2019s ships and the broken stone of the Arkanis ruins alike. Rylan knew, with a certainty that chilled him to the bone, that this was far from over. The Arkanis would rise again, and when they did, their fight would not be limited to Pyros-9.\n\nAs the dust began to settle and the sounds of battle faded, Rylan\u2019s gaze lingered on the ruins, where the woman had vanished. Something deep inside him stirred\u2014a flicker of doubt, a question he couldn\u2019t quite silence. He had seen the look in her eyes, and it was not the look of someone who had given up.\n\nNo, the Arkanis would rise again. And when they did, they would carry the flame of resistance with them, a flame that might one day ignite the very rebellion The Order feared most.\n\n"