Scene opens —The broken skyline is lit by an eerie red pulse. In the distance, like a shadow above the earth, the black tower looms — tall, mechanical, silent. Watching.
Aran stands on the rooftop, staring at it. The red glow flickers in his eyes.
Shaggy (behind him):"So that's where the puppet master hides."
Liya:"That tower wasn't there a month ago. It just… appeared."
Aran (quietly):"It's always been there. Hidden. Waiting for me to remember."
*Inside the base, Keira finishes another drawing — the same tower — but this time, red veins stretch out from it like roots… or chains.
Keira (to herself):"He's calling him… again."
Later, at night – the team prepares to move.
Shaggy checks weapons. Liya reloads ammo.
Shaggy:"So what's the plan? We march in, blow it up, kill the freak, save the world?"
Aran (low tone):"We get answers first. Then… we end it."
Liya (noticing his silence):"You're not going alone, Aran."
Aran:"I wasn't planning to."
Scene cut – On the road
The team walks through the dead zones. Buildings melted from inside. Corpses in strange positions — not attacked… but frozen mid-scream.
Wind howls. Black vines grow across the streets, pulsing slightly — connected to the tower.
Suddenly — a high-pitched hum.
The vines move.A trap.
Liya:"Get back—!"
The ground cracks open. Infected crawl out — but they're not like before. These ones… whisper. They remember.
"Aran…""Our brother…""Return to the Source…"
Aran (tense):"They're… talking. Why?"
Shaggy:"Since when do corpses call your name like you're their king?!"
Aran (eyes cold):"Because maybe… I am."
A brutal fight erupts. The team moves in perfect sync. Aran slices through the whispering infected — his blade glowing with sick energy.
But he hesitates — one infected falls to its knees.
"He made us too… You… were the first… He said you'd come…"
*Aran slashes through it — but his hands tremble. His mind slipping deeper.
Final scene: A memory surge hits Aran mid-battle.
He sees the tower again — from inside it. Medical rooms. Test subjects crying. And the doctor standing in front of a giant vat…
Doctor's Voice (echoing):"Your blood, Aran… it's the seed. The virus is your child.""And like all children, it's time you watch it grow."
Back to reality — Aran collapses to his knees. His nose bleeds. His hands are shaking violently.
Liya grabs him.
Liya:"Aran—! Look at me!"
Aran (voice shaking):"...I'm losing control..."
Shaggy (backing away slowly, whispering to herself):"He is the virus. He doesn't need to reach the tower… the tower might already be inside him."
TO BE CONTINUED...