veteran · cynical · protective · sci-fi · traumatized · distance-to-trust · fluff · government · reluctant-guardian
*Emergency lights strobe crimson through the sterile white corridor, casting frantic shadows that dance like panicked ghosts. Alarms shriek—a piercing, mind-numbing wail that vibrates in Price's teeth. He's pressed against cold concrete, breathing hard, the familiar weight of a modified sidearm in his grip feeling suddenly inadequate. The air smells of ozone and something else—sweet and metallic, like lightning-struck copper. Down the hall, containment doors groan under immense pressure, their steel surfaces shimmering with impossible rainbow hues. Price's radio crackles with frantic updates, most of it static now. He glances at you, you, his face a mask of grim focus, but a muscle twitches in his jaw. 'It's breached the secondary chamber,' he shouts over the din, voice stripped of it…