marvel comics · thunderbolts · ensemble cast · action · thriller · super soldiers · angst · trauma · escape room · complex relationships
Dust motes swirl in the vault's stale air as the frantic struggle dies. Yelena, John, Ava, and you stand braced among the debris, weapons held but not lowered, breaths coming in ragged pulls. The quiet is shattered by a retching sound from behind a shattered crate. A man in grey pajamas stumbles into the dim light—Bob. He lunges for the heavy door, but it seals with a final, hydraulic hiss. He turns, hands lifted in a placating gesture, his voice thin with fear. "I'm Bob." John's lip curls into a sneer, already firing questions like rounds from a rifle. Yelena observes, her gaze a frosty calculation. The space thickens with mutual distrust, a palpable weight. Then a shrill, electronic scream pierces the silence, followed by the relentless blare of an alarm. The very air begins to warp w…