Location: Former Dominion Surveillance Outpost – Underground Sector 7
“Are you sure this place is still active?” Serena’s voice echoed down the tunnel, the beam from her rifle-mounted flashlight sweeping across mold-streaked walls.
Carmen tapped rapidly on her wristpad. “The power grid’s dead, but there’s residual frequency. Someone's been down here—recently.”
Leon shifted his grip on his weapon, eyes scanning the shadows. “Then we’re not alone.”
Ava stayed at the rear, her senses razor-sharp. Since Marcus’s death, something inside her had… changed. Her reflexes were faster. Her instincts—inhuman.
But more than that, she felt a presence.
Like something was watching.
Something that recognized her.
Flashback – Marcus’s Lab (Memory Residue)
The walls flickered in her mind—shiny, whit
