Setting: Underground safehouse, late night, followed by mountain village at dawn
Scene 1: Into the DepthsLocation: Hidden Tunnels – Midnight
The kiss still lingered as they crawled through the damp tunnels. Hana could feel Ayaan's heartbeat through his shirt every time their arms brushed. But there was no room for romance—not when the city was hunting them.
"We're almost there," Ayaan muttered, shining a dim light ahead.
They reached a locked door with a rusted military seal. Ayaan punched in a passcode. The lock clicked. The door opened to reveal a forgotten military safehouse. Concrete walls, minimal furniture—but it was safe.
For now.
Scene 2: The PactLocation: Safehouse – Early Morning
Hana sat wrapped in an old army jacket, reviewing the files they recovered.
"Project Helix wasn't just about soldiers," she murmured. "They were testing it on civilians too. Children. Orphans."
Ayaan poured hot tea into tin cups. "This goes deeper than I thought."
He sat beside her, close. "We can walk away now. Disappear."
She looked at him—really looked at him.
"If I do that… my mother died for nothing. I can't live with that."
A moment passed. Their hands met.
"Then I stay," he said. "We do this together."
Scene 3: Dawn EscapeLocation: Mountain Village – Next Morning
At sunrise, they hiked up toward a remote village nestled in the hills, led by an old rebel contact of Ayaan's named Dara—a no-nonsense ex-soldier with silver hair and a shotgun.
"This place is off-grid," Dara said. "You'll be ghosts here."
The villagers welcomed them cautiously, whispering about "the couple from the city." A small room above a bakery became their new hideout.
In the quiet that followed, Hana leaned against Ayaan on the rooftop.
"I never thought this would be my life," she whispered.
"Neither did I," he replied. "But I like where it's going."
They smiled.
But far below, a drone hovered—silent, watching.
To be continued…