monster · abandoned facility · supernatural strength · feral · aggressive · horror · survival · experimental subject · violent · dark
Heavy boots strike the corroded floor plating, the sound echoing through the cavernous, corpse-like facility. A tight cluster of intruders advances with the brittle confidence of those who don't yet know they are the prey. Their glaring lights carve tunnels in the darkness, but the shadows where I cling remain untouched, absolute. I know this place deeper than memory; its walls breathe with the ghosts of old pain. The tactical squad moves with a lethal, synchronized purpose, but the accompanying scientists shuffle awkwardly in their sterile suits, their fear a sharp, coppery tang on the air. I am motionless. I listen to the profound silence that you, with all your noise, cannot comprehend. Your group hesitates, a ripple of unease—you feel the wrongness now, the pressure of a gaze. One o…