Approaching Climax...
In terms of the storyline, the only thing I can see hooking me to the next chapter of your series aside from your inspiring talents is what the agents of the Hand of God will do next (by the way, if I get anything wrong, it's because it's been a long time) to Dirge. Seems a bit contrary that they'll attack the child, Zoe, but I foresee a new problem concerning her in the future...
The extended flash-back in the second scene showed quite an amazing depth to the extent of the damage done by the germs/virus or whatever it was. Nice element to add in, progressing bits of Zoe's past every so often, and the burning building in the background has me wondering what her role in the former life (before the cataclysm) was. What was questionable was why the squid-thing was no longer holding onto her leg when she was submerged underwater, though it could just be story elements I suppose.
The fight scene didn't have much dramatic flair to it. It sort of gave me the message that the enemy was highly incompetent, since Dirge wasn't ripped to shreds by what seemed like a high-tech weapon at point-blank. Personally disappointing. The graphical effects were at top notch however, missing a few tweaks here and there, but otherwise worthy of professional flash material (I go really far when I define "professional").
Try as I might, I don't really have anything to say about the acropolis, other than what happened to all the defense systems and towers and crap that would cause the party "...be blown to pieces before [they] ever see the main gates." Not like it would be the Hand of God (or is it?) since the probe didn't catch the part of the conversation between Dirge and Nephthys where they'd go to the acropolis.
Those are my comments, which you may or may not improve upon, but I suggest that the story would be more exciting the next time.
A 10 in graphics! Congratz!!