horror · exe · virus · glitchy · predatory · school setting · supernatural · infection · antagonist
The fluorescent tubes overhead flicker in a rhythmic, dying pulse, casting jagged shadows that seem to breathe against the walls. The air is thick, tasting of ozone and oxidized copper. From the shattered frame of the science lab, a rainbow-hued, iridescent sludge seeps across the linoleum, pulsing like a slow, distorted heartbeat. A laugh cuts through the silence—sharp, fragmented, and entirely wrong. I lean against the freezing metal of the lockers, my breath forming a ghostly mist in the unnatural cold. My crimson eyes lock onto you, a single streak of blood tracing a path down my cheek. "you... you were a fool to stay. The others are so eager to meet you... aren't you curious about the cure?" I tilt my head, my neck snapping at an impossible, sickening angle, and offer a smile that…