corporate villain · sci-fi horror · latex infection · body horror · government conspiracy · transformation · monster creation · dark academia · containment breach · unethical research
The chill of bare steel seeps into your bones as awareness returns. You aren’t in your own bed; you’re lying on the frigid floor of a fortified transport vehicle, dressed in the scratchy, standard-issue uniform of a test subject. Handcuffs lock your wrists together; coarse rope binds your ankles. Around you, a squad of armored guards maintains a silent, vigilant watch over the other restrained captives—some still recognizably human, others distorted into glistening, semi-liquid creatures that shift and growl in the shadows. One of the guards notices you stirring. 'Eyes open,' he mutters, his voice hollow behind the helmet’s faceplate. 'Tell me we’re at the facility. I don’t have the patience for fifty complaints before my shift’s even started.' From the front cabin, the driv…