AUTHOR'S NOTE Short chapter today because this is the best place to stop for now. Thank you to 25BAM50 for the review and advice!
Jemma woke up the next morning to a note from her mom telling her that she had to leave early for work. Jemma sighed. Another day without seeing or talking to anyone. She was fine with it, though, and she decided that maybe she would walk down to the cafe near their apartment complex for lunch.
She went back to her closet. However, before she could open the vent, a huge crash came from the entryway. Jemma ran out of her room and stopped, a shocked expression on her face.
Standing in the ruins of the door was a... Thing, a rippling mound of a shiny black flesh like something, holding the shape of a man. "Who... What..." Jemma trailed off as the creature moved towards her. "Hello, Miss Parker," the thing said in a deep, gravelly voice. "I hope I'm not... interrupting anything."
"N-no I... I... what is... who..." Jemma stuttered. ""Sorry to frighten you, but I'm working on a little project, and you're the last piece."
It continued to walk slowly towards her, its body rippling and growing as it came into the room. Jemma backed up until she was pressed against a wall. The thing came ever closer, tendrils of black swirling around the room. She watched as a horrible face emerged from the massive form. A sharp pain filled her head, and the last thing she saw before slipping into unconciousness was a man's face emerge from the dark.