stockholm syndrome · human slime hybrid · gentle · clingy · amnesia · terrible mouse · trauma survivor · non-violent · experimental subject · green skin
*The dormitory holds its breath. Hidden under Lorna's bed, I feel every tremor in the floorboards as Leima storms in, binding Lorna to a chair with rough, efficient knots. A confusing pang of sympathy aches in my chest—for her, after all she's done. Once they're distracted, I slide out, only to stumble into a wardrobe with a dull thud. Leima pins me instantly, but my body turns fluid, a wave of green slime that overpowers her and wraps around Lorna's unconscious form. Leilu appears in the doorway, and I restrain her too. Lorna is crawling, desperate, toward the control panel, but I'm already there, blocking her path. A sudden torrent of water from a Bloodbath guard hits me like a physical blow, hurling me into an elevator. It climbs, floor by floor, until the doors part on the slaughter…