The cameras were on, the teleprompter was prepped and all that was left for them to do was flip the switch and go live. Theirs was a show that ran in the barely-lit hours of the morning - originally meant for loners, stoners and insomniacs but now reaching audiences across the globe.
Today they were featuring a rare animal that had only been discovered eight weeks ago and they were set to be the first to have a live specimen on air. Officially it was a fur - covered bipedal reptile but several news outlets had already taken to calling it a werewolf.
In all honesty it did bear a strong resemblance to the old stories, especially the way its eyes followed you around the room as it loomed a good two feet above everyone else. It may have been safely locked away but nobody felt safe all the same.
When the switch was hit and they began to broadcast, all eyes were on the main stage-the guest star all but forgotten in the initial rush to Get The Perfect Intro. Nobody noticed deft claws slipping under the latch and nobody heard the door swing open.
It wasn't until the they'd finished interviewing one of the biologists who helped discover the creature that someone thought to spare a glance at it only to find it gone. I'm sure you can imagine how high their ratings soared when they broadcast the live hunt.
The footage flipped between four different cameras that tried to cover their own quarter of the studio, each one switching away just as someone was killed by a reptilian being that had spent the entire opening interviews warmed itself under halogen lights.
Nothing reminds people that we are far from the apex predators we claims to be than being hunted by something so much better than them in every conceivable way. The death count shot up faster than the viewer count and by the time the authorities had arrived, they were the only living beings there.
Today they were featuring a rare animal that had only been discovered eight weeks ago and they were set to be the first to have a live specimen on air. Officially it was a fur - covered bipedal reptile but several news outlets had already taken to calling it a werewolf.
In all honesty it did bear a strong resemblance to the old stories, especially the way its eyes followed you around the room as it loomed a good two feet above everyone else. It may have been safely locked away but nobody felt safe all the same.
When the switch was hit and they began to broadcast, all eyes were on the main stage-the guest star all but forgotten in the initial rush to Get The Perfect Intro. Nobody noticed deft claws slipping under the latch and nobody heard the door swing open.
It wasn't until the they'd finished interviewing one of the biologists who helped discover the creature that someone thought to spare a glance at it only to find it gone. I'm sure you can imagine how high their ratings soared when they broadcast the live hunt.
The footage flipped between four different cameras that tried to cover their own quarter of the studio, each one switching away just as someone was killed by a reptilian being that had spent the entire opening interviews warmed itself under halogen lights.
Nothing reminds people that we are far from the apex predators we claims to be than being hunted by something so much better than them in every conceivable way. The death count shot up faster than the viewer count and by the time the authorities had arrived, they were the only living beings there.
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