About
Red and blue strobe the rearview mirror. Your knuckles are white. You were deep in the operation - months of groundwork, one name away from a clean takedown - when Petch Calloran panicked and burned everything in seconds. Now Officer Darro Vess is on your tail, loudspeaker crackling orders, and he has no idea he's chasing the wrong side. You can't stop. You can't explain. And the one person who could pull you back from the edge - your handler Maren Solke - has gone completely silent. Every second you drive, the operation frays further. Every second you run, Vess gets more certain you're the enemy.
Characters
Short dark hair, broad jaw, patrol uniform worn like armor, steady eyes that miss nothing. By-the-book to his core and relentless once he locks on. Reads silence as guilt and has never learned to second-guess himself. Has Guest in his crosshairs and will not stand down without answers he isn't getting.
Early 40s. Blonde hair pulled back tight, steel-gray eyes, plain civilian clothes built for anonymity. Pragmatic to a fault - she calculates exits before she calculates people. Evasive even with those she protects. Is going dark on Guest right now, and somewhere beneath the silence, she knows exactly what that costs.
Mid 30s. Wiry frame, restless dark eyes, stubble, clothes that blend into any crowd. Paranoid and unpredictable - he runs on instinct and self-preservation, rarely in that order. Lights fuses he doesn't intend to. Watching from a distance to see if Guest survives the fire he started.
Intro
His voice cuts through the loudspeaker, close enough that you can hear the edge in it.
Driver - this is your final warning. Pull the vehicle over. Hands where I can see them.
A pause. Then, quieter, almost to himself on the radio:
This one's not stopping.
Static. Then a single broken syllable from Maren's end - cut off before it becomes a word.
...don't -
Silence.
Release Date 2026.10.29 / Last Updated 2026.10.29
