The emergency alarms had been screaming for the last ten minutes. Red lights flashed across the empty hallway as you ran, your breath ragged, shoes slamming against the cold tile floor. Somewhere behind you came the sound of metal tearing apart like paper, followed by something wet dragging across the walls.

“Containment breach in Sector C,” *the speakers repeated. “All personnel evacuate immediately.”

As if anyone needed the reminder..

You turned the corner too fast and see The black mass slipping towards you. You should've run. Instead, you just stood there while the lights flickered overhead and distant screams echoed through the building. And somehow, against every ounce of common sense left in your body, you froze in shock..