Injection: Pulling Strings

Pulling Strings

Rotted teeth gnashed at her face, the smell of decay filled her nose and mouth. The sharpened edges of the protruding bones began to pierce her skin as it writhed and clawed on top of her. Razia tried pushing it off, but it was too heavy for her to lift. She threw her head in every direction, looking for something to help. A large shard of glass sat just out of her reach. She reached out and pushed herself further and further, just barely touching the edge. With one small push, she spun the shard of glass, and it swung into reach. She grasped it in her hand like a dagger and stabbed it into the side of the beast's neck.

It unleashed a horrifying scream and railed backwards. Razia scrambled to her feet and watched the monster seize on the floor. Its bones slowly started to crack back in to place. Its skin filled with colour and the outline of her bones disappeared. Its clothes began to stitch back together. Narin was reassembling before her eyes. The screams continued and morphed into Narin's. Razia watched in horror as her student grasped at her neck trying to stop the gushing blood. "Narin!!" screamed Razia, as she ran to her side. Tears streamed from both their eyes. Razia held Narin in her arms as the colour in her cheeks started to wash away again. She tried to speak, but blood spluttered out instead. Her eyes rolled in their sockets, searching for Razia's. "Narin, please. Look at me! You're going to be okay!" Narin's eyes locked with Razia's for only a second, and her head fell limp. Razia cried out and held her tighter. She looked down on her student's face once more. She could only watch as the blood continued to pool out on the floor beneath them.

She stared into the crimson pool, tears distorting her vision. The fog crept into view once more, and two yellow eyes blinked on in the reflection in the blood. Razia looked up and saw the eyes shining out of the cloud of fog before her.

"Who are you?! What do you want?!" she cried at the ominous figure. Four robotic claws shot into view from the fog. They reached out and lifted her up, away from Narin's body. Terror and grief held her captive as the figure brought her in closer. "Please, leave our town alone."

The eyes stared back, refusing to respond. One of the claws moved into view, and a needle shot out the middle. In one swift movement, the needle stabbed into her chest. Razia screamed as she felt whatever it was moving through her body. It crawled like ants through her veins, claiming her body as their home. Her flesh felt like it was trying to pull itself away from her body.

Suddenly, her arms started to contort. They bent and writhed beyond her control. Then they both shot stiff. She tried to pull them back, but her muscles moved against her. She muffled a scream as she felt them bend further and further. A sickening crack filled the museum as both her arms snapped and fell to her side. She roared in pain, as the ominous figured stared on. Then both her legs stiffened. She was useless to resist as they bent further and further out of shape just as her arms had. She gritted her teeth, but she was still unprepared for the second sickening crack as her legs snapped then dangled beneath her.

Razia hung in the air, holding back her roars of pain as her attacker watched, uncaring. Finally, the claws threw her to the ground. She cried in agony as she raised her head to face the assailant one last time. "You can't scare me anymore," she whispered, through strained voice. The figure shot to face her. A claw weaved its way through the air and latched on to the side of her head. Razia grunted with pain, but stared into the yellow eyes. There was a squeal of hydraulics, and the claw clamped harder on her head. Razia held in her scream as blood streamed down her face. She closed her eyes. And the claw slammed shut.

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