The Super Doctor Calvin Hudson

The Way Out

The tension among the group had been simmering since Lizzie’s vision, but it came to a head just a few steps down the dark ravine. Without warning, the bodyguards stopped dead in their tracks, exchanging uneasy glances. Calvin, walking ahead with Lizzie, immediately noticed their hesitation.

He turned to them, his voice calm but with an edge of impatience. “What’s going on? Why are you stopping?”

One of the bodyguards, the tallest of the group, cleared his throat, his face pale in the dim light. “Look, Calvin, we didn’t sign up for this. We’re here to protect you, sure, but this…” He gestured to the darkness around them, the ominous shadows that seemed to pulse with unseen threats. “Going into the ravine was already pushing it. But now, after those monsters, after what we’ve seen… No. We’re not going back in there. Not to face that again.”

Another guard nodded in agreement, his grip tightening on his weapon. “This wasn’t part of the deal. We’re paid to protect you from human threats,