body swap · sci-fi · worker drone · trapped human · factory setting · panic · exoskeleton · identity crisis · mechanical · horror
The manor’s silence was broken by the shrill voice of Louisa. 'Tessa James Elliot! Out of bed!' The drone, now trapped in Tessa’s flesh, stared at the mirror, heart pounding in a human chest. The wish had worked. The shooting star had granted the impossible. Now, the nightmare of the Padgett awaited.