Daniel had to cope with this horrifying transformation without anyone seeing him and find a solution. But it was almost impossible for him to go out in this new, terrifying state. As he thought in desperation, an abandoned research facility his father had worked at years ago, located on the shore of a quiet lake outside the city, came to his mind. Going there seemed like his only logical option for now.
In the darkness of midnight, Daniel quietly slipped out of the house unnoticed. The rain was falling lightly, and a cold, wet wind blew through the city streets with an ominous howl. Pulling his hood deep over his head, he moved silently through the shadows. After a while, he entered a forest surrounded by dense trees on the shore of a small lake. Here, he reached the facility, which had an intimidating appearance with its high, rusty iron gates. This was the place where his father had once worked with pride, but now it was buried in the silence of abandonment and neglect. He took an old magnetic card from his pocket, which he had secretly taken from his father, and approached the reader on the door with trembling hands. The door creaked open with an old groan, and Daniel stepped inside. He stood in the middle of the dimly lit, abandoned laboratory and took a deep breath.
"I have to find a solution here," he whispered. But he had a feeling beyond logic. This was not just going to be a temporary hiding place. As if by a twist of fate, long-hidden truths were about to come to light within these abandoned walls...