Chapter 2
Red lights are flashing all around me, mayhem is insueing. Men in lab coats are still prodding me, but more hurriedly and more men in black vests are running down the halls.
A tall man with brown shaggy hair and cold gray eyes leans up against the glass tube I am in. He seems familiar somehow... Wait, Rick! That no-good, cheating, double crossing- wait. What did he say?
"Selene? Selene, I know you can hear me. Listen up!" he says harshly while tapping on the glass. "The deals done. Since your little money supplies have run out, we're plugging you up. It's over. Now, you can either be slaughtered here because of the little tights, or we can let you go."
I wanted to scream in frustration, I couldn't talk and Rick was shutting me down! What was I supposed to do?
"What'd you say? You'd rather be let go?"
I nodded quickly but ended up hitting my head against the glass, blacking out again.
Scratchy sounds were louder in the tunnel. I wakened with a start remembering Rick and his question. Looking around I feel myself sliding down the chute. I guess they released me... I'm slowing down; a metal wall looms up before me. It's a grate out to the sea! I jiggle the bars trying to get out, I can hear screams and shouting above me. I don't know what to do, the grate is locked!
I scream in frustration, how could Rick do this to me?! We had an agreement! I sit in the salty water in the tunnel and wait for the screams to die down. Once those die down, I'll start screaming. I don't have any other choice. I need to get out!
The water feels so good, it's calling, beckoning.
I look back up the tunnel to see red liquid running down towards me. My face twists in confusion.
What? I can't see it very well, my eyes are sore, but once it reaches me I can feel the warmth of the liquid against me hand.
Blood! Fresh, wet blood! I try to scream out again, but my throat hurts too badly to even whisper. I try to manage my tail underneath me to get closer to the grate.
Wait. TAIL?!
I look down and see the scaly fleshy monstrosity that replaced my legs. This time I can't think to scream, the world goes black once again, but before I'm completely under I think I hear voices at the other end of the grate...