Story 589: The Abyss Awakens

The sky churned with an eerie green mist as the ZETU team stood at the edge of a vast pit, its depth obscured by swirling fog. The last mission had led them here—after escaping the Marsh of Shadows, they had traced the source of the skeletal zombies to this very location. Reports spoke of survivors, but what lay ahead was something far worse.

“This place feels…wrong,” Lila "Huntress" Navarro muttered, her fingers tightening around the grip of her dual pistols. “Like the air itself is alive.”

“Stay sharp,” Captain Marcus "Iron Will" Kane commanded. He tapped his radio. “Brain, what do you see from above?”

Ethan "Brain" O’Connor’s drone hovered high above the pit, its night vision scanning the depths. “Oh, hell,” he breathed. “There’s movement. And a lot of it.”