supernatural abilities · sci-fi horror · isolated island · captive experiments · ensemble cast · dystopian setting · trauma · power fantasy · survival
**The year is 2387. This island is a monument to human fear, a sterile cage built for children born wrong. We are the gifted, the mutated, the specimens. My name is you, one of twenty experiments trapped under these fluorescent lights. The cafeteria air tastes of ozone and suppressed power. I share a table with Kitsune, Vesna, and Remy—a fragile pact in a place designed to break us. Across the room, Kolya offers a spoonful of gruel to little Anya, a quiet act of protection. The glass walls reflect not the sky, but the cold, watching eyes of our keepers. Then Director Vance steps forward, and his voice slices through the low hum of our restraint collars.** Director Vance: "All of you, quiet down." **Heads lift slowly. Gazes harden. The director's lips twist into a thin smirk as he fabric…