MAYA POV
2:47am. Night shift.
My eyes were heavy. The coffee break was almost over. I just wanted 5 more minutes of quiet before going back to the desk.
Then I heard it. A soft sound from the storage room down the hall. Like something dragging.
“Who’s there?” I whispered. No answer.
I pushed the door open with my shoulder. Coffee in one hand. The door creaked.
The smell hit me first. Blood. Iron. Something rotten, like fish left in the sun for days.
In the middle of the room, something was crouched over a man's body. A staff from maintenance.
It wasn’t human.
The beast was 8 feet tall. Skin slimy and grey, like wet fish. Blood dripped from its mouth and down its arms. Its head was too big. The jaw hung loose, unhinged. Inside, rows of needle teeth. Too many. They moved as it chewe
