The bullets sparked harmlessly off the Mantis's chitinous armor. The creature struck, its bladed arm shearing through a metal bench like it was paper. The trio scrambled over root systems the size of tree trunks, sliding in the mulch.
Miller stayed behind, providing cover fire, aiming for the creature's sensitive underbelly. Sarah scrambled up the shelving unit, kicking over trays of chemicals. The Mantis screeched—a sound like tearing metal—and lunged. Aris grabbed a canister of volatile nitrogen from a workbench and hurled it toward the creature’s face just as it opened its mandibles to bite. escape from the giant insect lab
As you crank the engine, you look back one last time. In the shattered window of the lab’s second floor, a shape resolves itself: the Aeterna Biologics logo, now smeared with something green and pulpy. And clinging to it, a giant orb-weaver spider, weaving a new web across the emergency exit. The bullets sparked harmlessly off the Mantis's chitinous
"Containment breach confirmed," the automated voice announced, eerily calm. "Sector 4 compromised. Specimen 7-Alpha is loose." Miller stayed behind, providing cover fire, aiming for