Gotta get out of this town
Added 2024-08-04 02:23:08 +0000 UTC"I can't stay here," she panted. "I can't..."
She'd watched the coverage along with the rest of the world as the transformations slowly spread, first in far off nations, then on the other side of her country, then a few confirmed cases in the next city over...there was always a vain hope that it somehow wouldn't reach you, that you could just go about your business and remain unaffected.
That was before her apartment lost power and it didn't return, and she heard shrieks, squawks and squeals from the street below, and violent thumping from the floor above. She furtively subsisted on canned food for a few days, trying to shut out the world, hoping for a return to normalcy. When grey fur started spreading across her arm, she knew it was already too late, but something inside urged her to make a run for it.
Still deep within the maze of dirty streets and alleys, she absent-mindedly nudged the new growths below her breasts. They itched. All of her itched...she looked down at the mess she'd made earlier of the crotch of her pants, when she'd clawed at them, seeking desperate release...her humanity was in tatters.
But still she trudged on...
