The barrier fractured violently under the relentless hail of rifle fire, a loud, heart-rending crack echoing through the lab as it shattered into thousands of shimmering fragments. A sudden silence—brief, deafening—seized the room, before the guards surged forward mercilessly, their rifles blazing.
"Hold them back! Anna still needs more time!" shouted one of the young demons, voice thick with desperation and fear. They bravely lunged forward, wielding nothing more than makeshift blades and shards of metal, but they were cut down brutally, their anguished screams ringing hauntingly off the cold, sterile walls.
Blood splattered vividly across the white surfaces, bodies collapsing lifelessly, eyes wide with terror and disbelief. Their final desperate cries etched themselves into the air, merging with the sharp, ruthless laughter of the guards.
