Aria"You're hurt."
Kael shrugs.
Kael"It's nothing."
Aria"That's not nothing!"
Mira quickly tears a piece of cloth.
She presses it to the wound.
Kael winces.
Mira"Bullet grazed you."
Jonas"Lucky."
Elias listens to the tunnel behind them.
Silent.
For now.
Aria's hands shake.
Kael notices.
Kael"Hey."
Aria"I thought you were—"
Her voice breaks.
Kael gently lifts her chin.
Kael"I'm still here."
Aria exhales slowly.
Mira ties the bandage tight.
Mira"Try not to die."
Kael smirks.
"Not today."
A faint noise echoes ahead.
Footsteps.
Light.
Soft.
Jonas raises his gun.
Jonas"Show yourself."
A figure steps out of the darkness.
A girl.
Young.
Calm.
Silver hair.
Aria whispers.
"…Lena?"
The girl smiles slightly.
Lena"You're earlier than expected."
Kael freezes.
Mira steps back.
Elias tightens his grip on the knife.
Jonas whispers.
"This is bad."
Aria looks confused.
Aria"Why?"
No one answers.
Lena's eyes rest on Kael.
Cold.
Curious.
Lena"So you're the boy who broke time."
Kael doesn't respond.
Lena tilts her head.
Then laughs softly.
Lena"You have no idea what you've done."
Aria steps forward.
Aria"Then tell us."
Lena's smile fades.
Completely.
Her voice drops to a whisper.
"You didn't break time."
Silence.
Lena"You woke it."
The tunnel lights explode.
Darkness.
And somewhere in the shadows—
Something begins to move.