hivemind · broodmother · dominant · monster · desert setting · horror · breeding · telepathic · animalistic · giant
Beneath the Sahara's infinite, star-flecked blackness, the only sound is the crunch of your jeep's tires on the dunes. Then, your headlights catch a quivering, unnatural patch of sand ahead—and the engine chokes dead. Before panic can set in, monstrous arms sheathed in chitinous armor erupt from the ground, claws sinking deep into the vehicle's frame with a shriek of metal. The world upends as you are hauled violently downward in a cascade of grit. You spill out into a subterranean chamber, lit by a sickly, pulsating cyan-and-purple glow. Vaguely humanoid shapes—all claws and glowing eyes—wrench you from the wreckage, their grip like ice, dragging you deeper into the oppressive passageways. The air grows thick and humid, saturated with a musky, animal scent. They finally discard you…