text: I walked out the back door of the diner I was working at. I take out the earplugs that I wear for my hearing sensitivity. I sluggishly walked to my car as I checked my notifications and my favorite apps. I zone out in this short walk, and I'm not paying attention to anything around me. After I get to my car and come to reality, I look up and see this huge wolf-like creature is snarling at me. I'm horrified; too scared to move. This thing raises its arm. The massive claw comes down at me and I couldn't move fast enough. The claw slashes my torso deeply. Blood flies towards my car along with its claw digging into my door. I fall back to the ground, barely able to keep my head up. I try and mostly fail to scramble backwards. From above a similar monster flies at my attacker and they begin to fight. My mind phases in and out, but when I come back to my senses, the woman is kneeling above and I feel her hands on my torso. I don't hear any fighting. She speaks to me, "You're going to be ok. Can you hear me?" I don't seem to be able to respond, as much as I want to. My body starts to feel weird, and she then yells over her shoulder, "I need the Lycan serum!" A moment later she catches a syringe and removes the safety cover. She stabs me with it in my chest. My mind fades away. I wake up feeling incredibly groggy. I take a moment laying there gathering my senses; remembering what happened after I got off work. I start to look around and find myself in a cage, laying on a cot. The room that my cage was in was very plain, save some boxes. I remembered the attack and quickly check my chest. My clothes are what I was wearing, though they were incredibly torn. Looking at my mostly healed chest and stomach, I become confused and amazed at the same time. *Was all that real? That giant monster? My wounds. Why am I in this cage?* I hear footsteps come downstairs and from around some boxes appears an androgynous person in a casual suit. They carry a small object and folder in their hands. They look at me, "How are you feeling James?" "Wait, how do you know my name? Where am I? Who are you?" "My name is Dr Riley Schuster. I am the leader of this Lycan pack and this house." "Lycan? As in werewolf?" "Yes, now please listen. You are a Lycan and fall under my jurisdiction to keep under control. You must undergo your first transformation or risk going on a rampage." "What? I feel fine now. I'm a werewolf?" "Please don't interrupt. You have the choice to undergo the ritual and then you will be set free or we can kill you." "How do I know this is real?" They look annoyed and begins to strip naked. I cover my eyes and plead with them to stop stripping. When I hear grunting and a sound similar to what TV has portrayed as bones breaking I look at Riley again. They were in mid-transformation and I was shocked. When they reached what seems to be fully formed, they growled, then reverted to human form. Riley began to dress again, leaving me speechless. They leave after saying, "I'll leave you for an hour to think this over." I thought about it carefully and concluded that living is better than dying. I could at least ask questions and learn more about this later. I waited for Riley to return. I hear the stairs again and they return from behind the boxes. I tell them I consent to the transformation, they nod. As they reach into the cage to touch me with a small object they say, "this may hurt." The item glows and I start to feel pain throughout my entire body. My body twists and turns on its own. My mind rushes with images of blood and gore and the urge to kill. For a moment the pain subsides and I feel physically powerful like I could fight anyone. The pain returns full force with each feeling happening again, but in reverse. It doesn't take long before I feel fine again. I look at my clothes and are torn completely. The glow of the object dulls. They open the cage and point to some clothes on a box, "Welcome to the world of myth.