The steel doors creaked open with a groan that echoed into the silence above. Jessica blinked at the sudden light stabbing through the gloom. For so long, she had only known the shadows of the underground the smell of oil, blood, and fear. Now, sunlight lit her face like a foreign thing. Romeo stepped out first, muscles tense, scanning every direction. His shirt was ripped, his knuckles bloodied, but his eyes those sharp, relentless eyes were still burning. Behind him, Jessica held Aurora close, the child trembling in her arms. The air outside was thick and strange. Quite. Too queit. "What happened to the city?" Jessica whispered, voice cracking. Romeo's jaw tightened. "It's not the same world anymore". They stepped forward, the old world groaning beneath their feet broken streetlights leaning like skeletons, shattered glass reflecting the pale sun. Buildings loomed, hollowed out by the time and
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