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Becoming InHuman

Before I could stop myself, I was upon them, wildly savagely attacking them. They screamed and tried to fight me off. I felt a sting on my arm.

“Get him off me,â€? one yelled. Then he was silent as he fell to the ground.
The taller grave robber hit me on the head with a stick.
I felt a needle stick me from behind. When I turned around, just before I passed out, I saw Dr. Proto looking down on me.

When I awoke Dr. Proto looked at me. “Mr. St. Norbert. I gave you a serum, I can only hope it doesn’t fail you as it did my son.’

“You gave him this antidote?,â€? I asked. “What was the end result?â€?

“He killed himself Mr. Norbert. My cure wasn’t perfected. I hope it is now,â€? he replied.

I was strapped to a gurney. I knew the moon must have been full again. I felt the stirrings in my body as before. The chills ,headache and hairs standing on end. I was becoming inhuman again. The serum failed. I pulled at my restraints. I was free from them.

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