Elias felt a chill. The guard’s next line appeared, but it wasn't typed. It was a waveform that played through Elias’s speakers. It was a man’s ragged, sobbing breath.
Suddenly, Elias’s webcam light flickered to life. A message appeared in the terminal: 610_2_RP.rar
"I can hear them scratching at the ventilation. It sounds like wet leather." Scientist_Dr_V: "Hold your position. The biological mass in 610_2 is reacting to your heartbeat. Stop breathing so fast." Elias felt a chill
He didn't look back. He just watched the screen as the final message scrolled into view: "End of Roleplay. Beginning of Extraction." sobbing breath. Suddenly
The .rar file disappeared from the desktop. The room went silent, save for the sound of wet leather scratching against the back of his chair.