...And succeeded, his gown making a RRRRRIPP! Sound when he did. He saw, however, that he should not have been concerned for himself. What he saw when he pulled free set off a realization in his head, like a spark in a bunker stalked to the brim with gunpowder. The fetus-thing didn't trip him to try and infect him. It tripped him to stall him before he could intervene. He tried to scream, even as the vines rushed toward him. He tried to warn Olivia, but it was too late. The worms zipped past him, ignoring him entirely, and gunning for her. Olivia screamed, even as one of the things slammed into her, knocking her into a front flip before Olivia herself landed flat on her ass. Sunny singled out one of the tentacles in particular, noticing it with familiarity from having seen it not only moments ago, but somewhere else. It was the worm that Sunny had thought was trying to cut them both off from the exit, but which, he now realized, was only interested in her.
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Sundew
Horror*Placeholder teSunny Swanson has had a rough go in life. A drifter and a heroin addict, he waits one night for a bus to skip town. However, after surviving an accidental overdose while waiting for his ride, he wakes up in a hospital bed. Sunny plots...
