Field Team A513-2, designated Shepherd, has been sent to retrieve classified data from a decommissioned military lab. It is supposed to be a routine assignment for Jody, Nova, and Cooper. By the time they are deep enough into the facility to notice something is wrong, the anomalies have already accumulated: teammates they cannot account for, clock readings that contradict each other, disputes about the order in which things happened. The handler must decide whether to pull the team back or push for answers. Is the equipment failing? Is the facility doing this? Who is the real Shepherd and who is the one being managed?