[Transmission Loadingā¦] [Specimen loadingā¦] ā¦Confirmedā¦ I open my eyes beneath a blazing sun The sand drinks every drop of sweat Iāve got The Island is nothing but a painful memory Lost outside of time, crushed beneath the heat. Our blades broke through our iron chains We challenged their system, defied their laws But in that flash that tore us all apart I found myself alone hereā¦ why? I call your namesā¦ The desert answers. Nothing but an echo, feeding the illusionā¦ I hear youā¦ Your voices still echo in my head I call for youā¦ Even though youāll never hear me. I will find youā¦ Let the sky burn, let it fall apart I will keep movingā¦ No matter how long it takes. Under this burning skyā¦ Our vows are still alive inside of me Across this scarred and broken landā¦ Iāll search for youā¦ I will never give up. The dunes conceal enormous eyes Shadows crawl across the tops of stone Distant screams foreshadow something coming Giant insects wait beneath the dust. But death is not whatās hunting me Something seems to follow every step I take Since I woke up, Iāve felt a silent presence But when I turn aroundā¦ thereās only me. Between the dunes, a shape disappears Or maybe the desertās playing tricks on me With every silence, that feeling comes alive Like someoneās walking right behind me. I hold my breath behind a rock My heart pounds against my battered ribs But the stone beneath me starts to tremble Its eyes openā¦ itās alive. [DANGERā¦] [Immediate retreat recommendedā¦] The sand explodes beneath my boots, no time to look behind It roars, it strikes, the mountain wants me silenced The mantises tear through the air, their blades screaming at my back Every second pulls me under, every heartbeat turns to weight. No water, no shade, no mercy, no time to stop The desert wants my bones, but instinct says I wonāt drop I weave between the rocks that breathe in silence Even stone betrays me, even stone is violence. I run until my lungs are burning, my heart pounds like a drum I refuse to die todayā¦ Iāll find you when this is done The Obelisk rises in the distance like a promise kept I keep moving forwardā¦ my eyes locked on what comes next. I hear youā¦ Your voices still echo in my head I call for youā¦ Even though youāll never hear me. I will find youā¦ Let the sky burn, let it fall apart I will keep movingā¦ No matter how long it takes. Under this burning skyā¦ Our vows are still alive inside of me Across this scarred and broken landā¦ Iāll search for youā¦ I will never give up. I see you raising your weapons Beneath the dome where the war was raging Our vows burned like living flames Stronger than the veins beneath the Earth. Tell meā¦ Did you open your eyes somewhere else? Or am I the final witnessā¦ The last survivorā¦ A-XIā¦? I hear nothingā¦ Even the wind wonāt speak to me I see nothingā¦ Even hope seems to have disappeared. I will find youā¦ Let the sky burn or fall apart I will search for youā¦ No matter how long it takes. Under this burning skyā¦ Our vows will stand forever! Across this scarred and broken landā¦ I WILL FIND YOU!!! The sand erases my footprints And the shadow that follows meā¦ I turn and start the hunt again This is far from overā¦
