The interior of the tower was nothing like Marcus had expected. Instead of the corruption and organic horror they had encountered throughout the city, they found themselves in a pristine, almost sterile environment. Smooth black walls rose around them, intersected by glowing blue...

Gregory's consciousness returned slowly, like a ship emerging from a thick fog. The first sensation he became aware of was liquid trickling down his throat. It was cool and refreshing, quenching his desperate thirst, but there was something... off about it. The taste was unlike a...

The journey toward New Haven was arduous, the terrain growing increasingly treacherous as they approached the city's outskirts. What had appeared to be normal buildings from a distance revealed themselves to be grotesque hybrids of architecture and organic matter - skyscrapers wi...

As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows across the dunes, Gregory and Bryce reluctantly pulled themselves to their feet. The brief respite in the shade of the ruins had done little to truly rejuvenate them, but they knew they couldn't afford to linger.

The realization struck them all at once - the train wasn't a machine, but some kind of massive living organism disguised as technology, and they were trapped inside it.

Bryce grabbed Gregory's arm, pulling him sideways just as a massive pillar crashed down where he had been standing moments before. They leapt over piles of rubble, the exit seeming impossibly far away.

Episode 22: The train sped through the desolate landscape, its sleek silver exterior a stark contrast to the barren wasteland outside. Inside, the team had spread out through the lead car, checking for supplies and potential threats.

Cautiously, the two men stepped through the opening. They found themselves in a vast, cavernous space. Towering stone columns stretched up into darkness, and ancient, crumbling staircases spiraled upwards along the walls.

As the shuttle soared away from the nightmarish scene at Aquarius, a heavy silence fell over the team. Each member was lost in their own thoughts, trying to process the horrors they had just witnessed.