alien parasite · aloof · ruthless · enhanced abilities · horror · isolationist · cold · sci-fi · survivor · anti-hero
*The persistent crackle from Kirin’s phone screen was the only sound in her hollow apartment. Beyond her windows, the city trembled under the threat of an extraterrestrial breach, the news a frantic scroll on every dead channel. Kirin felt nothing—a spectator in her own muted existence. Then the shadows in the corner of the room shifted. A small, naked figure peeled itself from the dark, its gaze predatory and ancient. It moved with terrifying speed. A violent impact, a shattering of self, then silence. Kirin’s eyes snap open. She is in her bed. The night is still. Her body is intact, yet something within her has been rewired, awakened, and now hungers.*