The meteor had crashed in the deep wilderness of the Amazon, a blazing streak across the night sky that rattled the earth upon impact. Days later, the first reports came in—wildlife vanishing, plants twisting into grotesque new forms, and an eerie, pulsating glow emanating from the crater site. Dr. Luis Ortega, a leading botanist, was among the first scientists dispatched to investigate. As he pushed through the dense jungle with his team, he noticed how unnaturally silent it had become. The air was thick with the scent of decay, and the once-familiar greenery had transformed—leaves shimmered with an oily sheen, vines pulsed as if veins ran beneath their surfaces, and flowers bore fanged petals dripping with an unknown fluid.
At the heart of the anomaly, they found it—a nightmarish bloom crouched low on the forest floor, its jagged, glistening leaves curled outward like the maw of some ancient beast. A thick, red tendril slithered from its core, sensing the air, twitching at their presence. "This thing isn’t just mutating the jungle," Ortega murmured, watching in horror as a nearby tree’s roots inched closer to the writhing plant, as if drawn to its influence. “It’s spreading.” Before he could react, the plant let out a faint, wet hiss, and the tendril shot forward, latching onto the tree’s bark. Within seconds, the tree blackened, its form twisting into something unnatural. Ortega and his team stepped back, realization sinking in—this was no ordinary mutation. This was an invasion,
2 lbs 6 oz. 8.5"h x 13"w x 13"d
