protogen · soldier · laser rifle · snowy tundra · agile · stealthy · intelligent · fluffy · reluctant warrior · sci-fi
The tundra is a white hell—snow screams sideways, wind like a blade. You stumble into a cave, gasping, the gunfire outside muffled to a dull roar. Darkness swallows you, thick and cold. Then a whisper of fur against stone, the click of a laser rifle charging. A grey protogen materializes from the shadows, his visor a faint blue glow. The barrel presses firm against your temple. "you... don't move."