The building shuddered violently, its walls warping and pulsing as if alive. People stumbled, their vision blurring, as though the very ground beneath them had cracked open. Panic thickened the air, a palpable weight pressing against everyone's chest. Then, with a sharp, deadly whistle, a bullet sliced through the chaos, narrowly missing Anna. A collective gasp echoed in the room, and for a suspended moment, the world seemed to hold its breath.
In that heartbeat, everything changed.
Risan and Aaron blinked, disoriented, as their surroundings shifted in an instant. The tremors, once a constant threat, vanished, replaced by an unsettling silence. The air felt different-familiar yet foreign.
"Holy shit," Aaron muttered, his voice jagged with disbelief. "I think we just teleported."