The cave ceiling opened like an eye.
Elias Pike finds an impossible clue at a desert cavern. What begins as evidence becomes a trap built around one name.
On October 27, 1991, Elias Pike checks a circular stone ceiling in a desert cavern.
At 6:34 a.m., it blinks whenever light touches it.
No witness is supposed to be near a desert cavern.
The pupil reflects a planet with no sun.
Elias Pike realizes the official record is wrong.
The power fails around a circular stone ceiling.
A cold smell fills a desert cavern.
Elias Pike photographs everything before touching it.
The photograph shows a figure beside a circular stone ceiling.
Elias Pike finds the real room empty.
Elias Pike calls the county dispatcher.
The dispatcher goes silent after hearing a desert cavern.
They warn Elias Pike not to move.
A second sound answers from behind a circular stone ceiling.
It repeats Elias Pike's full name.
The nearest exit locks behind Elias Pike.
Fresh marks circle Elias Pike's shoes.
They lead toward a circular stone ceiling.
Elias Pike follows them one step too far.
Then the cave is the eye of something buried beneath continents.