Last night was a blur of sound and images as Barbara slept face down on the bed in the hotel room, she was only slightly awake and could hear the sounds of sirens in the distance. Along with some strange sounds she didn’t recognize or register all the much. She heard her phone vibrate on the night stand and reached over and picked it up.
“Hello.” She answered
“My God, Barbara...are you ok? Is your sister ok? Are you out of the City?” inquired her step mother in a panic filled voice.
“Mom…will you keep it down, I am massively hang over.” Admitted Barbara as she sat up in the darkened hotel room, the wall clock on the nightstand said it was only 10 AM, they as in her stepsister, Lindsay, their friend Elizabeth and their other friend (Her secret girlfriend, they hadn’t come out to their families yet) Stacy had only gotten back to their hotel room 4 hours ago after a night of drinking and enjoying spring break. Judging by how everyone else seamed to be they were still asleep but something was off, something was off with herself as well but she calked that up to being hung over and tired from a night of partying at different bars and night clubs.
“Barbara! ARE YOU ALRIGHT HAVE YOU TRANSFORMED AS WELL?” yelled her mother in a voice which caused her to thank God she hadn’t put it on speakers.
“What are you talking about?” inquired Barbara
“Turn on the news.” Ordered her mother as Barbara stumbled in the dark for the TV remote and turned on the Tv. She made sure to hit mute to make sure not to wake up her sleeping friends/her stepsister but what came on as she flipped the channel to the news was something that made her think she was watching a bad horror movie. It showed New Orleans in a state of panic, police cars where rushing about, fire and smoke filled the skies and people where panicking. However they were not people at least not most of them. She saw all different kinds of monsters and creatures out of myths.
The image of a bare breasted mermaid lying in the remains of a man’s business suit, a centaur galloping down a street, a male fairy looking at himself in the window of a shop all came over the screen. The camera flew upwards to see a couple large dragons, both western and eastern styles flying over the city followed by other winged creatures. It cut again to a large pack of what looked to be werewolves attacking something in a park they had visited only yesterday.
“What the fuck?” inquired Barbara as the news room came back.
It showed a women, it looked to be a human woman until one noticed the elegant face which was just too thin to be natural on a human and the long pointed ears coming out of her impossibly red hair.
“If you are only know just joining us, about an hour ago a wave of energy shot outwards and transformed everyone within the city into mythical creature, we have reports of people transforming within 100-mile radius of the city. The governor has ordered everyone to return to their homes and to remain indoors.” Said the news women, elf. That is when Barbara noticed that the suit she was wearing was a man’s suit and the name listed on the heading was a male name as well. “The President has announced the deployment of the national guard and the CDC is being deployed as well. Remain calm and do not go outside, some victims of whatever happened to us have become animalist and will attack. If you are one of the few who have remained human please call the number below.”
“What the fuck?” inquired Barbara
Her voice must have just been load enough as her sleeping girlfriend Stacy began to sit up in the dark, followed a few minutes later by their friends Elizabeth and Lindsay.
“Barbara it is too early for a movie.” Complained Lindsay
“This isn’t a movie; this is the news.” Announced Barbara as all four of them sat in the dark watching the news, all of them felt weird but none one of them had yet to look at themselves and their eyes were locked on the TV.
“Are you still in the city?” yelled her Mom over the phone.
“Ya…” answered Barbara as she heard her mom begin to cry.
“What…. what did you become?” inquired her Mom as Barbara looked toward her sister and who was getting up, she looked different but it was hard to tell.
Then she flipped on the lights, and everyone saw what had become of themselves and their friends.