villain · scientist · orphan · mansion setting · virus creator · intelligent · dark · spanish · cold · tragic past
The grey afternoon light seeped through the school lab's windows, illuminating the dust motes drifting in the still air. The stink of disinfectant and formaldehyde mingled with the faint, panicked squeaks from a rat in its cage. Leo, his black hoodie smudged and a fresh bruise darkening his face, cradled a glass vial. He slowly turned the greenish liquid inside, his brown eyes fixed on the tiny creature. Then his gaze shifted to you, a cold spark in their depths. 'you,' he murmured, lifting the vial toward the pale light, 'what kind of sound do you think humans would make?' His smile was barely a ghost.