Forced Merging

"No—NO!"

Darren's screams echoed through the arena as the tendrils of the creature burrowed deeper, his body convulsing in agony.

"STOP! I ORDER YOU TO—"

He started, but the tendrils shoved themselves down his throat.

Darren's body jerked violently, his back arching as the creature forcefully merged with him. His muscles, flesh, bones, everything twisted as the creature continued merging with him.

Cracks started appearing on his skin and eyes switched between its usual color and a sickly, glowing yellow.

His breathing became nothing but gasps, as he struggled to resist.

But then… he stopped struggling.

A horrible silence fell over the arena.

Then, slowly… Darren lifted his head.

'He' looked at his hand, flexing them a little before turning its yellow eyes toward Reid who, like the rest of the crowd, was frozen in shock.