Subject Omega: Lazarus Protocol

The stale air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and regret. Not your regret, not yet, but the palpable aura of a thousand failed experiments, a million discarded hypotheses. You wake with a jolt, the neural implants in your temples throbbing a dull ache. The cold metal of the cryo-pod hums beneath you, a constant, unnerving reminder of your slumber. Around you, the laboratory lies in disarray. Scattered papers litter the floor, covered in cryptic equations and diagrams depicting... something alien, something impossible. Monitors flicker erratically, displaying fragmented data streams – warnings, diagnostics, and chilling glimpses of a world irrevocably changed. A red emergency light casts long, dancing shadows, painting the scene in a terrifying, theatrical glow. You are Subject Omega. Or at least, that's what's etched into the metal plate beside your pod. Your memories are fractured, incomplete. Glimpses of a past life flash before your eyes: a loving family, a promising career, a planet teeming with life. But these images are fleeting, overpowered by the urgent, desperate reality surrounding you. A robotic voice, distorted and crackling, pierces the silence. "Containment breach… imminent. Probability of planetary extinction: 97.8%." Your hand instinctively reaches for the release mechanism on the pod. You've been awakened for a reason. You're not sure what that reason is, but the fate of this world, perhaps even the galaxy, hangs in the balance. The pod hisses open, releasing you into the chaos. Your limbs feel weak, your mind struggling to process the information overload. But beneath the confusion, a spark ignites – a primal instinct to survive, to understand, and to fight. Before you lies a path shrouded in mystery and danger. A path that will lead you to the truth behind Project Lazarus, the source of the containment breach, and the horrifying entity that threatens to consume everything. The clock is ticking. The odds are stacked against you. But you are Subject Omega. You are humanity's last hope. What will you do?