Horrific Shorts: Zombie Edition-Chapter 575: Story : The Eyes in the Darkness

The ZETU team had barely caught their breath after sealing the fissure when a chilling new call came through. This time, the report was different: survivors trapped in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city. Witnesses claimed shadow-like figures with glowing eyes were circling the area, their presence suffocating and unnatural.

Inside the command truck, Ethan "Brain" O'Connor pulled up satellite imagery. The factory was surrounded by an impenetrable darkness, an anomaly not present in earlier scans. "This isn't normal," Ethan said grimly. "There's no power outage in the area, yet light doesn't seem to penetrate the zone."

"Shadow zombies now?" Jenna "Blaze" Hart muttered, loading incendiary grenades. "This night keeps getting better."

"Let's not jump to conclusions," Captain Marcus Kane said, his voice steady. "We've faced worse. Shield, Blaze, you're on containment. Huntress, find those survivors. Quick Shot, we'll need you perched for visibility. Brain, keep us updated on this… anomaly."

As they approached the factory, the air turned icy. The team's headlights seemed to dim, swallowed by the oppressive shadows. Marcus gritted his teeth and signaled for silence.

Stepping inside the factory was like entering a void. The dark was alive, pressing against their skin, and then they saw them: figures standing motionless, their eyes burning with an ethereal white glow. They were humanoid but stripped of features, their bodies appearing like living shadows that flickered and pulsed.

"Eyes up," Marcus whispered. "They're watching us."

One of the figures moved, gliding across the floor with unnatural fluidity. It didn't charge but stared, its glowing eyes boring into their souls.

"I don't like this," Riley "Quick Shot" Bennett muttered over comms from her rooftop perch. "Permission to fire?"

"Hold," Marcus ordered. "We don't know what they are yet."

Detective Lila "Huntress" Navarro moved ahead, her twin pistols raised. "I've got heat signatures on the far side of the factory. Survivors are huddled in a supply closet, but these things are blocking the path."

Suddenly, the shadows began to shift, growing larger, their movements synchronized as if they were a single entity. One let out a guttural sound, low and resonant, reverberating through the factory like a warning bell.

"They're reacting to us," Ethan said, his voice tense. "Stay together."

Jenna didn't wait. "React to this," she growled, hurling an incendiary grenade. The explosion sent a wave of fire across the room, and for a moment, the shadows recoiled, their forms flickering violently.

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"They don't like light!" Ethan yelled.

"Blaze, keep them back!" Marcus ordered. "Huntress, grab those survivors!"

As Blaze lit up the factory with flames, Huntress darted through the chaos, reaching the survivors and ushering them toward the exit. The shadows pressed forward, their glowing eyes like burning stars in the darkness.

"Shield, block the door!" Marcus shouted. Derek threw up his riot shield as the shadows surged, their forms colliding with the barrier but unable to breach the combined wall of light and steel.

As the team evacuated the survivors, Marcus turned to Ethan. "What are we dealing with here?"

"Something old," Ethan said grimly, watching the shadows retreat. "And something that won't stay down for long."