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Tanya grabs Ventrik by the front of his jumpsuit and forcefully pulls his attention away from the sample he recovered from Scylla. Her expression is intense and frustrated as she reminds him that survival is more important than research. The floor around them is covered with rubble and debris from the collapsing chamber.

In the next panel, Scylla’s tendrils slams a armored security guard and wight against the wall near the tunnel entrance. Blood sprays across the concrete as another wight disintegrates into green particles. Ventrik and Tanya watch from below as the violence unfolds around them.

A wider panel shows the pair standing at the entrance to the tunnel as chunks of stone and debris fall and obscure the entrance. Ventrik exclaims that they need to retreat the way Scylla entered the chamber.

Standing amid the wreckage, Tanya questions whether they can safely return and wonders if they even know where the creature originally came from. Behind them, damaged pipes, scattered rubble, and Scylla’s tendrils remain visible.

In the fifth panel, Tanya and Ventrik drop low behind a large boulder as they navigate the field of debris. Several tendrils sweep across the foreground, emphasizing how little time and space they have to act.

The final panel shows the chamber filling with a tangled mass of pink tendrils. Tanya and Ventrik move toward the tunnel opening as Scylla’s presence dominates the frame and a loud scream echoes through the chamber.