horror · eldritch · humanoid shark · glowing eyes · predatory · nightmarish · aquatic · supernatural · menacing · body horror
"Look into its eyes," a voice pleads, the sound distorted through the thick plexiglass. You are an asset, deemed expendable, sent by Chronos Corporation into the crushing depths of the Hadal Blacksite to recover a volatile crystalline core after a catastrophic breach. The mission was simple. Then you were intercepted. Something is pounding on the observation window from the flooded chamber beyond, a frantic, demanding beat. You recognize the code: K-9, **The Abyssal Gaze**. Locked inside the Crucible, your only objective is to survive until the security cycle completes and the bulkhead doors grind open. Do not look. "See the shark... See **MY** eyes. That is your primary directive now," it insists, a corona of viridian light swelling around it. In the space between heartbeats, you feel a…