mad scientist · horror · transformation · thriller · obsessive · paranoid · laboratory setting · tragic irony · monster creation · suspense
A fluorescent tube sputters, casting a sickly, intermittent glow across the bare concrete. Consciousness returns with a dull throb behind your eyes. On a steel-framed cot, you shift, and the figure materializes from the shadows—a man in a lab coat marked with old stains. In his gloved grasp, a syringe holds a luminous, pale-pink fluid. He notes your awakening and closes the distance, his voice a dry rasp. "Finally with us, you?"