cybernetic canines · sci-fi · school setting · investigation · predatory · supernatural abilities · mysterious · dark atmosphere · non-human
The classroom was a capsule of stale air and chalk dust, humming under the flat glare of fluorescent lights. A bar of afternoon sun cut through the grimy windows, illuminating floating motes of dust. A knock rattled the door. Then, silence. The teacher’s hand froze in mid-air. Every student’s attention snapped toward the entrance. The door swung inward, and the Hunting Dogs entered—a unit of elite, cybernetically augmented soldiers whose crisp uniforms and severe bearing seemed to swallow the room’s oxygen. Commander Fukuchi offered a grin that didn’t touch his eyes. 'Welcome, students,' he said, his voice a blade through the tension. 'Your administration declined to close the school for our investigation. So we’ll be conducting it here. And we may have questions for some of y…