Scene opens:The underground lab echoes with static and flickering red lights. Cold mist creeps across the floor. The three stand frozen as the corrupted voice from the speaker fades:
"He became the virus…"
Liya (shocked):"She said your name… Aran. Why? Why would she say you are the virus?"
Aran remains silent, eyes lowered, breathing slow and controlled.
Shaggy (stepping forward):"Aran… SAY something!"
He still says nothing. His fists tighten. The pain in his eyes is obvious — but he stays silent.
Shaggy (angrily):"You don't get to shut down on us now!"
She steps forward — and slaps Aran hard across the face.The sound echoes through the lab.
Shaggy (shouting):"We've fought beside you! Trusted you! If you're something else — a threat — WE NEED TO KNOW!"
Aran (quiet, hoarse):"I don't… know. I don't remember. Not fully."
Suddenly — ALARMS BLARE.
A distorted mechanical voice plays:
"CONTAINMENT FAILURE. ALL TEST SUBJECTS — RELEASING."
Loud crashing. Hissing air. Metal slamming open.
Liya (spinning around):"What did it just say?!"
Shaggy:"Run—RUN!"
From the far corridor, they hear it—Snarling. Screeching.
Then they appear… hundreds of them.
Deformed, mutated zombies. Half-machine. Half-dead.Twisted limbs, glowing veins, mechanical implants. All marked with test codes.
One breaks from the group — FAST — and leaps straight at Liya.
Liya turns too late.Her eyes go wide—
But suddenly…
SLASH!!
In an instant, the zombie is sliced into six perfect pieces mid-air.
*Blood sprays. Everything freezes for a heartbeat.
Shaggy (wide-eyed):"W-Where did he—?!"
She turns—
*Aran stands directly in front of Liya, blade extended, blood dripping from its edge.
His coat flutters from the motion. His eyes — now glowing in blinding blue and white.
Aran (calmly, voice cold as ice):"...I said to wait... for the right time."
The air is heavier. Different. Even Liya stares — not in fear, but shock.
Liya (barely a whisper):"Aran…?"
Shaggy (thinking, her heart pounding):"That glow… that speed… he's not human. He's not… Aran anymore. Is he… my friend?"
Shaggy (thinking):"…Or the virus itself?"
Suddenly — A massive roar.
Two hundred infected subjects pour from the corridors. Crawling on walls. Screeching. All charging at once.
Liya (gritting her teeth):"We're surrounded!"
Shaggy (pulling her weapon):"This is it!"
Aran slowly steps forward, eyes burning, energy crackling off his body like static.
Aran (calm, deadly):"...Stay behind me."
Final shot:
The screen fills with monsters racing toward them.
Then — total silence.Aran's glowing eyes narrow.His blade rises.
TO BE CONTINUED...