Scene opens:The hallway trembles. The infected subjects crawl and sprint toward them in waves. Growling. Screeching. Blood on the walls. Metal tearing.
Aran stands at the front — silent. Calm. His blade gripped in one hand, glowing faintly with blue-white energy. His eyes burning with light.
Aran (without looking back):"...Stay behind me."
Shaggy (gritting her teeth):"Tch... Don't give me orders like I'm weak!"
She steps forward beside him, eyes burning with challenge.
Shaggy (furious):"I've bled beside you. I've saved you. You think I need protection? I'm not some kid!"
Aran turns his head slightly. Doesn't argue. Doesn't blink.
Aran (quietly):"Then don't slow me down."
Liya watches both of them from behind, worried — not about the enemy, but about what Aran might become in this fight.
Liya (thinking):"He's changing… every second. That energy... it's not normal."
The infected charge.
100... 150... 200. Screaming. Sprinting. Crawling. Clawing.
Aran exhales.
The moment before impact — silence.
THE FIGHT BEGINS
Aran vanishes — a blur of black and blue light.
SLASH — SLASH — CRACK —
Limbs fly. Bodies drop in pieces. His blade cuts through them like paper. He's not human anymore — he's a force. Each strike is silent, deadly, precise.
He moves through the horde — teleporting short distances, dashing, spinning — like wind with a blade.
Shaggy joins the fight.
Fists glowing, she jumps into the swarm, smashing skulls, flipping over the creatures, electricity crackling with every punch.
Shaggy (shouting):"LET'S SEE WHO'S SLOW NOW!"
She slams two infected into the wall, breaking bone and metal.
*Liya provides cover — dual pistols blazing, sharpshooting infected before they can flank the others.
Liya (focused):"Left, Aran!"
Aran turns, spinning and slicing three infected in one sweeping arc — their bodies vanish in blue light.
The music drops. The infected scream louder. The room is chaos.
But Aran… is calm. Too calm.
One massive creature — taller than the others, armored — charges toward Liya.
Shaggy (yelling):"LIYA! DOWN!"
Before Liya reacts —
BOOM.
Aran crashes down in front of her, blade plunged through the monster's skull. His other hand glowing bright — a pulse of raw virus energy erupts, melting the infected's chest from the inside out.
Liya gasps.
*Aran turns to her — slowly. His eyes still glowing, but distant. Cold. Something inside him… has shifted.
Shaggy looks at him. The battlefield is silent again — bodies everywhere. Aran stands at the center of it all, blood dripping down his face, glowing like a god of death.
Shaggy (thinking):"That's not just Aran anymore... That's something else wearing his name..."
Aran's voice is soft. Emotionless.
Aran:"...This is what I am."
TO BE CONTINUED...