The tunnel is dark.
Narrow.
Aria runs beside Lena.
Her heart racing.
"What now?"
Lena answers quietly.
"We reach the core."
Elias gasps behind them.
"The origin chamber."
Aria whispers.
"…where I was created."
Lena nods.
"Yes."
Jonas shouts from behind.
"They're catching up!"
Gunfire echoes through the tunnel.
Kael and Future Kael finally retreat.
Joining them.
Future Kael breathes hard.
"We can't outrun them forever."
Aria whispers.
"…then we stop running."
They reach a massive door.
Ancient.
Covered in symbols.
Elias stares at it.
"…after all these years."
Aria touches the metal slowly.
The door glows.
Recognizing her.
Lena whispers.
"It remembers you."
The door opens.
And the room beyond holds the secret that started everything.