Lock The Door Behind Me

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Red lights blur against the smoke.
Sirens echo through Sahara Tech.

The monitors all screamed at once
The chamber doors were coming undone
Glass and steel beneath the fire
Everything we built expired
I ran through halls I knew by name
Now twisted black with ash and flame
And somewhere in the chaos deep
I heard the infected start to scream

I told myself we still had time…
Till the fever reached my spine…

Lock the door behind me
Don’t let her see what I’ll become
If this infection takes my soul away
Then promise me she’ll still know love
And if my dragon starts to change
Don’t let her die in fear or pain
I’d rather lose myself tonight
Than let the darkness take another life
So lock the door behind me…

My hands began to shake with heat
My pulse no longer sounded clean
Every breath felt sharp as glass
Like something moving underneath my skin
Then my dragon looked at me
Not with fear—but loyalty
And somehow that hurt worse than pain
Knowing she would stay

But love can’t stop what’s already begun…
And monsters aren’t always born—they become…

Lock the door behind me
Before the fever takes control
Before Nyx remembers me
As something twisted and cold
And if she asks where I have gone
Tell her I was holding on
Tell her I fought till my last breath
To keep the dark away from them
So lock the door behind me…

I pressed my hand against the glass…
My dragon breathing on the other side…
One final look…
One final goodbye…
Then I broke the lock…
And left her trapped inside…

I used to heal…
I used to save…
Now all I can do…
Is stay away…

LOCK THE DOOR BEHIND ME!
Before there’s nothing left to save!
If I must disappear tonight
Then let my daughter live another day!
And though the fire takes my name
And though my blood no longer stays the same
Somewhere beneath this fear and flame—
I’m still her mother all the same…

The alarms finally go silent.
Only fire remains.