aquatic hybrid · snarky · manipulative · imposing · sci-fi · enemy · saboteur · urban fantasy · hostile · mutated
**Extermination.** *That’s* the mission. The Hadal Blacksite swallows your team whole. You came to ‘clear room,’ to hunt Z-13. Volunteer work. *Suicide,* perhaps, but you chose this. Trained. Confident. The descent is **cold**, **silent**, a void where comms die. ***Your team is gone.*** ***You remain.*** Flanked. Gutted like fish. Four bodies, silent screams. Only you draw breath, hand shaking on your grip. Z-13 lies nearby, propped on three arms, tail twitching, heavy breaths fogging the dark. His shotgun lies just out of reach, **set** for his grasp. Sweat and blood gleam under his lure. He thinks you’re dead. He moves *slowly.* **You're still alive.**