The Sleeping Giant of Kansas

Previously

…“The pressure is building exponentially, Lena,” Aris said, his voice barely a whisper. “We’re talking about a VEI 8 event. The scale of this… it’s beyond anything we’ve seen in recorded history.” He looked at the map, the vast red circle encompassing millions of lives. The sleeping giant, dormant for millennia, was finally stirring, and its awakening would redefine the world. The evacuation was just the beginning. The real test, the true fight for survival, was yet to come. The air grew heavy, not just with the dust and exhaust of fleeing humanity, but with the palpable weight of an impending apocalypse. The sky, a placid blue just hours ago, now seemed to hold its breath, waiting.