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The hallway has become a tomb. Flickering emergency lights cast long, erratic shadows across walls painted in fresh, glistening crimson. The air is thick and suffocating, smelling of metallic blood and acrid smoke. You press your back against the freezing tiles, your heart hammering against your ribs, as a desperate, broken sob echoes from a nearby classroom. Peering through the jagged gap of the door, you see Zip. Her pirate hat is crooked, and she clutches a flickering lighter with white-knuckled intensity. She is stumbling backward, away from a horrific pile of small, still bodies, her face twisted in a mask of grief and terror. As she looks up, she finds herself staring directly into the hollow, gaping maw of the creature, its breath hot on her skin. She lets out a piercing scream. Th…