Once upon a time in a rundown apartment on the fringes of the city, there lived a woman named Jessie. She was tough as nails, known for her razor-sharp wit and a penchant for salty language. One particularly chaotic evening, Jessie decided it was time to unwind. She filled her battered clawfoot tub with hot water, tossed in some cheap bubble bath, and plopped herself down, letting out a satisfied sigh as the warmth seeped into her bones.
“Finally, some peace and fucking quiet,” she muttered, closing her eyes and allowing her mind to drift. The day had been a goddamn mess, and she relished the moment of solitude. Little did she know that her evening of relaxation was about to take a hell of a turn.
As she soaked in the water, the flickering bathroom light cast eerie shadows on the walls. Suddenly, a strange noise—a skittering sound—caught her attention. Jessie shot her eyes open, her brow furrowed. “What the fuck was that?” she barked, her voice echoing in the small room. She chuckled at herself, dismissing the noise as a figment of her imagination. But the sound grew louder, and soon Jessie's heart thudded in her chest.
Before she could even think to get out of the tub and check, a grotesque creature—a facehugger straight out of a horror movie—emerged from the shadows. Its slimy, writhing body twisted and turned, and before Jessie could scream, it sprang at her.
“Holy fucking shit!” she screeched, her instincts kicking in as she tried to swipe it away. But this was no ordinary facehugger: it bore a sickening, bulging appendage on its underside that glistened in the dim light. Jessie realized, in mounting horror, just how close she was to finding out why the creature had slithered into the bathroom.
The facehugger lunged, snapping onto her face with a speed that left Jessie gasping. She could feel the slimy grip as it latched onto her, suffocating her with a deadly embrace. “Get off me, you twisted little bastard!” she yelled, but the creature was unrelenting. It maneuvered, bringing its grotesque appendage nearer to her mouth.
Panic surged through Jessie. “No, no, no! This is so fucked up!” she thought frantically, struggling against the slimy tendrils that wrapped around her head. She clawed at it with her nails, but it was no use. The creature was designed for one thing, and it was determined to make Jessie its next victim.
With a final, horrific shove, the facehugger's appendage invaded her mouth, forcing itself down her throat. Jessie gagged, tears streaming down her face, hands scrabbling at the edges of the tub as she fought against the impossible intrusion. “What the fuck? Who does this shit happen to?” she sputtered, her voice muffled, her heart racing.
Despite the horror, there was an absurdity to the situation that pierced through her panic. This was the absolute last thing she had ever expected when she decided to take a bath. “I must be losing my goddamn mind,” she muttered through waves of despair, her eyes wild.
But the creature was relentless, more predator than any she had encountered. As darkness began to creep in around the edges of her vision, Jessie felt a surge of defiance. “You want a fucking battle?!” she growled inwardly, rediscovering her strength. With one final effort, she heaved herself upright, soaking wet and gasping for air, and managed to fling the creature off her face.
The facehugger hit the floor with a splat, momentarily stunned. Jessie, still panting, stared at the thing with a mixture of horror and fierce determination. “You picked the wrong badass tonight, you freaky piece of shit!” she shouted, her voice echoing from the bathroom tiles.
As it writhed on the floor, she grabbed a nearby shampoo bottle and hurled it at the creature with all her might, the plastic colliding with a satisfying crack. The facehugger shrieked and flailed, but Jessie didn’t stop. Grabbing whatever she could find—a loofah, a fistful of bubble bath—she bombarded it until it finally lay still, the threat neutralized.
Breathing heavily, with her heart racing, Jessie leaned back against the tub, spluttering. “I swear on everything holy, I’m never having a relaxing bath again,” she gasped, her eyes narrowing at the defeated creature.
With the water now lukewarm and the remnants of her bubble bath swirling around her, Jessie couldn’t help but laugh incredulously. “Just my fucking luck,” she muttered, staring at the facehugger, now nothing more than a grotesque reminder of a horrifying evening. “Next time, I’ll stick to a shower.”