Prologue

The alarm blared.
Lights flickered.
An experiment gone wrong.
It was chasing me.
I knew it was.
I turned corners quickly and sloppily.
I ran for the elevator.
Open, open, open, open, open, open, open, open.
The door opened.
I stepped inside.
Close, close, close, close, close, close, close, close.
I watched the hallway.
I hoped with everything I had that it wouldn't be there.
The door closed.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
I knew I was safe.
Or thought.
And I also knew to always look everywhere.
Especially up.
Well, now I do.
But that doesn't help me now.
It was there.
It got me.