[Broadcast Interference] (Distorted static crackles through the intercom as screens flicker across the school—phones, TVs, laptops—all hijacked.) Attention, students… your daily programming has been interrupted for a special announcement.

[Broadcast Monologue] Heroes. That’s what you call them, isn’t it? Your shining defenders of Addersfield—Valerie… and her little collection of so-called friends. You lift them up. Put them on pedestals. Clap when they ‘win.’ But tell me—have you actually looked at what they leave behind? Every ‘victory’ they claim leaves behind more ruin than the monsters they fight. They break things, they hurt people, and then they smile for the cameras while the rest of you clean up their mess. No one holds them accountable… but that ends tonight. Valerie Santos, your spotlight’s about to shatter. Tune in, my little audience—because the real show starts now.

[Hallway sequence] Let’s play a game. (Pause. Lights flicker.) Lights out. (A low laugh echoes as the lights snap off. Footsteps approach, slow and deliberate.) You hear that? (Pause.) That’s your heart. (A spark flashes—then darkness again.) I see you. (Whispered, overlapping.) I always see you.