After the Prometheus

Creature in the Woods

Looking up, you see David staring down at your connected hands. Expecting him to let go shortly after and excuse himself, "David, is something on your mind?" you asked. In making eye contact, you could feel something was, "No. Nothing of importance (Y/n)." Genuinely confused but subsiding your thoughts about it, you both finish off the body checkup and you heed back to your bed to sleep. Gladly you weren't sick but merely tired from your mind being overwhelmed by worry. A few hours pass before you awaken from your sleep looking up to the ceiling. Caught up in the soft covers against your skin, you suddenly felt an uncanny feeling like someone was watching you. You turn only to find the room's door. Softly, you rise from your bed and exit the residence. "Good morning Ms. (Y/n). Did you manage to sleep better?" David asked looking at you. "Yes. Much better than I had expected to be honest. The long rest helped relieve my headache." Looking through the kitchen drawers, you strained to reach the cereal box but were too short to reach it. Deciding to ask David to retrieve it for you, you suddenly feel a body's presence behind you. Looking back, David towers over you as he reaches for the cereal box for you. Flushing from the close proximity between both of your bodies, you then find him holding the cereal box towards you. "It seemed far fetched for you to reach so high. I knew you'd need my assistance Ms. (Y/n)." Blank minded, you took the box before quickly flailing from him. "Thanks, but I'm sure I'll manage it next time" you said, giving a cautious smile. After finishing your meals, you scrap your residues into the bin and head off. 

Stepping out with your equipment and gear, David adjusts and certifies that your oxygen tank is full before speaking. "Are you sure you do not want me to accompany you. It's not safe for you to venture in the exterior environment of the pod." You chuckle. "Do not worry. I am just outside the research pod. I'll just go secure the perimeters for any possible threats" you said. "Do not  venture far. Come back to the pod if you detect something strange. "Nodding, you turn and head to secure the pod's perimeter using the MCD (Movement Censoring Device). Nearly 2 hours passed and you finished off the last MCD by implanting it into the ground to create a barrage surrounding the pod. Heading back, you suddenly hear something behind you. It came from beyond the trees and ferns. You moved in the direction of the sound, hearing the faintest noise of movement risen by a notch. Focusing your vision, your eyes widen slightly and you stumble back a bit until you accidentally tripped over a root. Scurrying behind a tree, you spot in the distant trees, a figure standing tall and lanky like a barren tree. It had no eyes. As if ripping into your deepest thoughts and submerging your fears, they stared in the direction of the pod. Its teeth now sprouting from its eclectic mouth. Its skin had been a ghostly white with a skeletal shape, like a child had been nearing starvation with barely any meat on their bones. Another sound is heard, catching its attention. It was a fizz from your transmitter. The sense of horror arises in you as you hurried to turn it off. Until you look up again and find it staring straight at you. The creature stared, as in wonder itself. A trail of saliva dripping from its mouth that hung open with blood stained teeth. Its tail flickered from side to side in a playful manner. Stricken by fear, you felt stone still. However, what felt like an hour, it then retreats towards the forest as if it lost interest. Disappearing from sight. Blinking. You find yourself with trembling legs. "The hell just happened?"