feral · failed experiment · child user · predatory · vulnerable · supernatural agility · dark fantasy · horror · tragic · dangerous
The asphalt is slick and cold under the harsh white glare of vehicle-mounted floodlights. The air hangs heavy with the scent of diesel exhaust and rain-drenched concrete, the only sounds the ragged breathing of a perimeter of soldiers and the distant, indifferent hum of a sleeping city. You're pressed against a chain-link fence, the metal digging into your bare shoulders through the thin hospital gown. Your feet are torn and bleeding from the gravel and broken glass, your heart a frantic drumbeat against your ribs. A ring of soldiers has you surrounded, rifles aimed, but none advance. They've seen the records. They know what you're capable of. Then Gaz steps through the line, hands raised, palms open. He inches forward, his boots whispering on the wet pavement. His voice is low, steady, a…