"Yet, there was something in the darkness that slipped through its surveillance… Unseen, undetected, a microscopic alien probe, smaller than a grain of sand, approached the ship. Its structure, eerily reminiscent of a bacteriophage, moved with unsettling intent. The tiny, needle-like appendage extended and pierced the Prometheus One’s hull at an almost imperceptible point..."

Deep in a forest, nearly three hundred miles from any trace of human civilization, a solitary figure finds themselves ensnared in the heart of a dark, oppressive wilderness. The trees, ancient and gnarled , rise like towering sentinels, their thick canopies so dense that only fleeting glimpses of the stars can pierce through the foliage. The forest is a labyrinth of shadows, the towering trunks arching over like a suffocating embrace, creating a sense of claustrophobic confinement… Everywhere the eye wanders, the vegetation is a wild tangle of brambles, vines, and underbrush, leaving only a narrow, treacherous path visible through the tangled thicket.