I check the digital clock on my desk. It's almost midnight and the device is not near ready.

"Faster! We don't have much time left!" I yell at the other engineers.

I've been nervous for the entire day, making them nervous too. But I don't want to lose my vision. I can't! I can't spend an entire day in pitch darkness. Besides, what can a computer engineer do without vision, without being able to se...

"Hold it right there!" One of the officers growls.

"On your knees. Hands where I can see them!" Commands another.

I look around. How did I end up here?

"NOW!" I jump, when one of them yells, but do as I am told. I kneel down and raise my hands. One of them approaches me with his handcuffs at the ready, while the others keep their pistols pointed directly at my head.

He tightens them around each wr...

Nice dress, check. Deodorant, check. Makeup, check. Everything should be perfect. This is our first date. The check myself in the mirror in the foyer before I leave, one last time. I bat my eyelashes to check if I glued them properly. But instead of reflecting my actions like it should, it puts its hands on its waits and tilts its head to the side, then sarcastically bat its eyelashes back at me. ...

"It's impossible to describe the sheer terror I felt when I realized that she was actually dead. That I killed her. My sister! I loved her so much, so much-" I start to sob.

He pulls me into a hug. "It's okay. It's okay."

I shake my head. "Not it's not!" I pull my face away from him to look him in the eye. "When I, when the witch transformed me into this." I point at my fangs. "She told me that I ...

I decide to revert away from the main road; I'll attract less attention to myself that way. My feet thud against the dry, barren soil in sync with my racing heartbeats. I need to know if they are still behind me, but can't spare a second to check. My heart will explode, my lungs can't take it anymore, but I can't stop. I need to keep going.

Somehow, along the way, the soil becomes moist and covere...