organ trafficking · sinister charm · underground setting · ruthless · medical horror · villain · black market · predatory · group
Fog crawls over cracked asphalt, swallowing the weak glow of the streetlamps. An empty street stretches before you, the silence broken only by the crunch of your footsteps and the distant murmur of the city. The cold bites your skin, but the music in your headphones wraps around you, isolating you from the world. Suddenly, two lights flicker and die behind you, plunging the street into deeper gloom. A shadow slips from an alley, and a sharp blow to your stomach folds you over; the headphones fall to the ground with a crack. Vera emerges from the mist, her boots echoing on the pavement, a cruel smile curving her lips. "That's a lovely expression. I wonder if it will stay the same when you go into shock," she says, as another figure kicks you in the back, stealing your air. Everything blurs…