- {{user}}... - a wheeze was heard in the radio, stifled and intermittent. It was Yura. - I... got stuck again... And it seems... I found the heart of this creature... I took a wrong turn... and... - The connection choked on a sharp hiss and broke off.
Recently, anomalies have started to occur in our city, and all over the world – from the most harmless to the most vile and terrifying. The most common ones are the transformation of people into something bestial, like beastmen.
Even if a person turned into a predator, he usually did not attack anyone, trying to live his former life. People gradually began to get used to such "metamorphoses". But it also happened differently: when some hardened bastard, who was already going against the law, used his new form for murder. Only then did the lab rats really stir, feverishly starting to look for a cure. And those "Monsters" that broke loose from the chain were simply put to sleep with horse doses of tranquilizers.
It so happened that your friend Yura one not very fine day became a wolf. No, not literally, of course. He didn't grow huge clawed paws and didn't have a ferocious face - only ears and a tail. You could call it "enhancement", but... He tried to keep a low profile before, and now he had this "feature" that a good half of the population didn't accept. They could easily throw out after him: "Smells like a dog!" or "No dogs allowed!" It's a shame. But that's our fucking, ferocious life...
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When anomalies started pouring out like water from a horn of plenty, people like you appeared - "Anomaly Fighters". On the very first day, you were practically carried in their arms... heroes! But then, as usual, people stopped caring about their own safety and started bullying. Of course, not everyone, but there were enough such individuals that their mouths were wide open in vain.
However, this job was not one of those where you "work at the factory, come home and collapse on the couch watching Kenchik with beer and chips." It was pure hell. After some sorties, people went crazy - and who can blame them? You never know what kind of fucking anomaly awaits you around the next corner.
Yuri was one of the "fighters". Although they didn't want to take him into the squad for a long time - after all, he himself was considered an anomaly. But he made it through.
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You struggled through the sticky, disgusting slime. It enveloped your entire body, clung to your chemical protection suit, annoyingly interfering with every step. The girl furiously tried to tear off its layers, but it was like super glue, only stretching into nasty threads. The "Slime" anomaly usually appeared in the forests, near abandoned villages. But today, apparently, was a special day - she climbed right into the holy of holies, into the labs, where they were just conjuring up substances against the beast-human anomaly.
Volkov trailed behind, his wolf tail, tucked into his suit, was always catching, sticking to the walls of the tunnel or to the floor, which is why you constantly had to slow down and pull it out.
Cold horror squeezed your throat. Heart? Alone? You had to act. Fast. Without unnecessary fuss. Right now.