---- The tunnel finally opened into a small, dimly lit room.
A single flickeringntern hung from the ceiling, casting long, distorted shadows across the walls.
The air was stale, the metallic scent of rust sharp and unnerving.
At the far end of the room stood a thick, iron door solid, unyielding, locked.
"Great," Summer muttered, ring at the door.
"Another dead end." "Check the walls," I ordered, ignoring him.
"There might be another way through." Everyone spread out, their hands running over the damp, uneven surface of the stone walls, searching for anythingatch, a seam, something to hint at an exit.
Everything about this ce feels like a trap.
I whisper, failing to drive away that feeling in my chest.
And for a second, everyone stilled.
The faint drips of water, echoed from somewhere unseen.
---- And then...
[heard it A sound, faint at first, but unmistakab: le.
Heavy, deliberate footsteps, echoing down the tunnel we had just left.
What the hell is that? Ben whispere shaking.
Quiet, I hissed, my body tensing as grew louder, closer.
The sound wasnt natural.
Tt wasnt human.
It was heavier, like c! , his voice e footstepsws scraping against stone, mixed with a low, guttural growl that made anxiousness to settle in everyone''s chest.
Lucas stepped closer to me, his voice Commander, what''sing? T dont know, I admitted, my throat low.
Ty.
Thentern flickered, the shadows in the room twisting as the sound grew deafening.
from the dark tunnel, it emerged.
And then, ---- And then...
[heard it A sound, faint at first, but unmistakab: le.
Heavy, deliberate footsteps, echoing down the tunnel we had just left.
What the hell is that? Ben whispere shaking.
Quiet, I hissed, my body tensing as grew louder, closer.
The sound wasnt natural.
Tt wasnt human.
It was heavier, like c! , his voice e footstepsws scraping against stone, mixed with a low, guttural growl that made anxiousness to settle in everyone''s chest.
Lucas stepped closer to me, his voice Commander, what''sing? T dont know, I admitted, my throat low.
Ty.
Thentern flickered, the shadows in the room twisting as the sound grew deafening.
from the dark tunnel, it emerged.
And then, ---- A hulking figure stepped into the dim light, its form grotesque and alien.
Its skin was pale and stretched tight over bulging muscles, veins ck and pulsing like rivers of poison.
Its eyes glowed an eerie red, devoid of humanity, and its mouthfilled with jagged, unnatural teethcurled into a snarl.
What the actual fuck is that?! Lilly shouted, stumbling back.
Before I could answer, more figures followed, their footsteps echoing like a drumbeat of doom.
Filling in the ce with their monstrous form.
They were the sametwisted, monstrous creatures, their bodies warped and unnatural Summer gasped, her back pressing against the wall Are those...
people? They had been once, I realized with a sickening realisation.
But now, they were something else entirely.
A vessel.
A tool