Story 575: The Eyes in the Darkness

The ZETU team had barely caught their breath after sealing the fissure when a chilling new call came through. This time, the report was different: survivors trapped in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. Witnesses claimed shadow-like figures with glowing eyes were circling the area, their presence suffocating and unnatural.

Inside the command truck, Ethan “Brain” O’Connor pulled up satellite imagery. The factory was surrounded by an impenetrable darkness, an anomaly not present in earlier scans. “This isn’t normal,” Ethan said grimly. “There’s no power outage in the area, yet light doesn’t seem to penetrate the zone.”

“Shadow zombies now?” Jenna “Blaze” Hart muttered, loading incendiary grenades. “This night keeps getting better.”