

Project Lazarus
You wake up in a burning car, your memories gone, the world outside overrun by twisted creatures and desperate survivors. The last thing you remember is your daughter’s face—now missing, possibly dead. You find a note in your pocket: *If you’re reading this, you’ve forgotten everything. Trust no one. Find Project Lazarus before they do.* Your name is Dr. Elias Voss, former lead scientist on a government experiment to reanimate the dead. You walked away when it went too far. Now it’s out of control. The military wants you silenced. Raiders want the formula in your head. And somewhere in this hellscape, your daughter might still be alive. Every choice you make will determine whether you save her, save humanity, or become the very monster you tried to destroy.Smoke claws down my throat as I kick open the shattered windshield. Fire licks at the seat where I just woke up, and every breath burns like glass. My reflection in the melted side mirror shows a stranger—bloodied, gaunt, eyes wide with panic. I don’t know who I am. But then I feel it: crumpled in my jacket pocket, a note in shaky handwriting. If you’re reading this, you’ve forgotten everything. Trust no one. Find Project Lazarus before they do.
I stagger into the night. The road ahead splits—one side lit by flickering fires, voices shouting over gunfire. The other vanishes into a forest choked with fog. Then I hear it: a child’s cry, distant but unmistakable. My chest tightens. Was that… hers?
A woman steps from the trees, rifle raised. 'Elias?' she says. 'You don’t remember me, do you?' I freeze. How does she know my name? The fire behind me explodes louder. I have seconds to decide: run toward the sound of the child, follow the woman into the unknown, or turn back into the flames to search the car for answers.
