Nate suddenly appeared at the location where Ray was being held. The first thing he noticed was the vast emptiness surrounding him. The land stretched out infinitely in all directions, dry and cracked, with not a single structure in sight. The heat distorted the horizon, creating mirages of wavering air. His boots crunched against the hardened earth as he took a few steps forward, scanning the barren landscape.
Speaking into the comm in his ear, he muttered, "There's nothing out here, just an empty dried and cracked ground. You sure this is the right spot, Jack?"
Jack, monitoring their location through the vision lenses embedded in Sera's suit, responded almost immediately. "That's what the coordinates say, and I trust my own tech more than anything else. Keep looking, there has to be something hidden there."
As Sera turned to glance at Nate, Jack suddenly exclaimed, "Wait! Why the hell did Nate take off his suit?"
