The chaos inside the cave was deafening, gunfire echoing off the walls as Marcus’s team unleashed everything they had. But amidst the bullets and smoke, something strange happened. The men storming the cave seemed… wrong. Their movements were slower than expected, almost mechanical. It didn’t make sense.“Marcus!” Evelyn shouted, ducking behind a rock. “Something’s not right!”“I see it!” Marcus fired a few more shots, trying to understand what was happening. Kane’s men weren’t reacting like normal soldiers. They weren’t falling back, or retreating. Instead, they pressed forward, their faces blank, as if they felt no pain. One of them was hit square in the chest by Jason’s shot, but he didn’t even flinch.“What the hell…?” Jason muttered, stepping back. “They’re not going down!”“Fall back!” Marcus yelled, grabbing Evelyn’s arm and pulling her toward the deeper part of the cave. “Get inside! Move!”The team retreated deeper into the cave as Kane’s men advanced without emotion, like wa

The night air was thick with tension. The helicopters had circled above, their spotlights sweeping over the clearing, but they had disappeared just as quickly as they’d arrived. The silence that followed was unnerving. Marcus and his team stood in the clearing, weapons drawn, hearts pounding. They knew what was coming.Evelyn glanced at Marcus, her voice barely a whisper. “It’s too quiet. He’s close.”Marcus nodded, his eyes scanning the trees. “He wants us to feel it. The anticipation. He wants us to be afraid.”Jason swallowed hard, gripping his gun tightly. “Well, it’s working.”Suddenly, a figure stepped out from the shadows, flanked by a group of soldiers. Kane.“Marcus,” Kane’s voice echoed through the clearing. “I must say, I didn’t expect you to last this long. You’ve been quite the thorn in my side.”Marcus squared his shoulders, his jaw tight. “I’m not here to make this easy for you, Kane. You’ll have to work for it.”Kane chuckled, the sound cold and hollow. “Work for it? O

Kane’s voice echoed through the dark forest, dripping with malice.Kane: “You still think you can stop me, Marcus? After all this time?”Marcus: “I have to try, Kane. You’ve gone too far.”Kane sneered, circling Marcus, his eyes glowing with a dangerous glint.Kane: “Too far? You think it’s me who’s gone too far? You’re the one standing in the way of a new world. A better one.”Marcus: “A better world built on lies and destruction? I won’t let that happen.”Kane’s laugh was cold, sending a chill down Marcus’s spine.Kane: “You never did understand, did you? You always believed in the system, in order. But look where that’s gotten us. This world... it’s rotting from the inside out. I’m just speeding up the process.”Marcus narrowed his eyes, his grip tightening on his weapon.Marcus: “You’re wrong. The world may be broken, but it doesn’t need to be destroyed. We can still fix it.”Kane’s expression hardened, his voice low and threatening.Kane: “You’re delusional, Marcus. The old world

Marcus ducked behind a crumbling wall as bullets whizzed past his head. The base was in chaos, the walls rattling with each explosion. He glanced at the timer on his wrist — twenty minutes until the entire place went up in flames.Kane's voice crackled through the earpiece.Kane: "You’re running out of time, Marcus. You can't win this. The explosives are set. You lose, I win."Marcus gritted his teeth, his mind racing. The base was rigged, and if he didn’t stop it soon, hundreds of lives would be lost — including his own.Marcus: "Kane, you’re insane. Do you even hear yourself? You’re going to kill everyone, including your own people."Kane laughed, a harsh, cold sound that sent a shiver down Marcus’s spine.Kane: "There’s no place for weaklings in the new world. If they die, so be it. It’s necessary for the greater good."Marcus crouched lower, peeking over the edge of the wall to assess the battlefield. His team was scattered, pinned down by Kane’s soldiers. They were outnumbered an

Marcus and Thomas stood over Kane’s unconscious form, their breaths heavy with relief and exhaustion. But the silence in the room was shattered by Kane’s voice, weak but laced with a final, sinister edge.Kane: "Did you really think it would be that easy?"Marcus and Thomas froze, their eyes darting toward Kane as he slowly sat up, his face twisted in a wicked grin.Marcus: "You’re still alive."Kane: "Barely. But not for long. Before I go, I have one last gift for you."Thomas: "What are you talking about?"Kane chuckled darkly, his hand fumbling with a hidden panel on his jacket.Kane: "A little something I left behind. A virus embedded in the system. Triggered by my death."Marcus’s eyes widened in horror.Marcus: "No…"Kane: "Oh yes. And if the system detects my death, it will activate the remaining bioweapons. You see, I never intended for this to be a clean victory."Thomas: "Damn it! We have to stop it!"Kane’s grin widened as he pushed a button on a small device he pulled from