The text scrolled across the bottom of the screen, translating the technical jargon and the desperate final prayers of a squad that knew they weren't coming home. [SYSTEM: UPLOAD 88%... 92%...]
Elias watched as the squad moved through the skeletal remains of a skyscraper. Suddenly, the shadows shifted. Not with machines, but with something organic and hungry. The "Warriors" didn't flinch. They moved with a mechanical precision, their exoskeletons hissing as they braced for the onslaught.
The footage wasn't a movie. It was a tactical feed from the "Warriors of Future" initiative—a group of augmented soldiers sent into the heart of the overgrown ruins of Hong Kong. The sky in the video was a bruised purple, choked by the Skynet-like vines of the Pandora plant.
The "Warriors of the Future" had done their job. Now, it was his turn.