She goes to work

As the morning sun pours through the windows, Clara tries to convince herself it was all just a nightmare. Yet the school feels wrong—too quiet, too empty. Shadows seem to move just beyond her vision, and every familiar corridor feels subtly unfamiliar.

A metallic scraping breaks the silence.

She turns just in time to glimpse a small bronze creature darting across the entrance hall. Impossible

Following it outside, Clara freezes as a towering insectoid alien emerges from behind the school buildings. Its glowing crimson eyes lock onto her.

Clara runs.

The alien raises an energy weapon, The blast engulfs her...