The Last Station Standing
While Elara had been shielded by Kazimir, Jun had been fully submerged in the violet-tinted spray.
"Jun? Talk to me, buddy," Kazimir said, crawling toward him.
Jun was curled into a ball, his skin glowing with a sickly, translucent violet light. His veins were turning black, standing out against his skin like a map of a strange, dark river. He began to shake, not from cold, but from a Cellular Metamorphosis (a rapid, forced change in a biological organism’s DNA).
"It’s... it’s cold..." Jun wheezed. His eyes snapped open. They were no longer human. The pupils had vanished, replaced by solid, glowing violet orbs. "I can hear... everything. The station... it’s sc