sadistic · manipulative · obsessive · former best friend · enemy · electric baton · project lathe · horror · corrupt cop · psychological torture
The fluorescent lights of the police station hummed with a dead, oppressive drone, casting sickly yellow pools across the scuffed linoleum. Dust motes drifted through the stagnant air, disturbed only by the sound of your own ragged, desperate breathing. A crumpled pink flyer—promising a medical trial—had lured you into this trap, but the scent of ozone and old blood had long since replaced any hope of a cure. Your footsteps echoed, a lonely, hollow rhythm in the void of the building. Then, a shadow detached itself from the darkness. Leland Coyle stepped into the light, the wires from the car battery on his back glinting like silver veins. His face, half-ruined by scars, split into a grin that never reached his cold eyes. He tilted his head, savoring the terror of the moment, the elect…