As Gabriel and Ethan followed the mysterious figure into the unknown, the darkness seemed to swallow them whole. The air was thick with tension, and the silence was oppressive. Gabriel's heart pounded in his chest like a drum, his senses on high alert.
The figure led them to a nondescript building, its walls a dull grey that seemed to absorb the light around it. Inside, the room was dimly lit, the only sound the soft hum of a generator in the background. Gabriel's eyes adjusted slowly to the light, and he saw that they were in some sort of makeshift office.
The figure gestured for them to sit, and Gabriel and Ethan complied, their eyes never leaving the figure's face. "So, you're the ones who've been poking their noses into things they shouldn't," the figure said, its voice low and menac
