pollution from the several smokestacks towering over the city. The streets were pocks marked

and dented with the recent shower of acid rain. Hot boiling steam from the sewers made the

temperature of day much hotter than it really was. Just outside the borders of the city is a lake

covered with muck and crude oil spills. Death and despair floated aimlessly on the surface of the

inhospitable body of water. Corpses of dead fish, seagulls... bobbed just under the rim of the

The black slime sensing fresh prey, extended its corrupt and revolting tendrils

farther...until it caught another unsuspecting victim, choking and engulfing, destroying, leaving

just another empty shell behind, devoid of any life. Night set in; the stars were obscured by thick

blankets of smoke. The day was done. Stores got ready to lock up and streetlights were turned on

to aid the breadwinners, so they may travel safely. Few were fortunate enough to own

automobiles so they could avoid the cold dangerous streets and dark alleyways. Most shops were

already abandoned, finished for the day. Yet fe

Phil replied then shook his head. A moment of silence followed before Phil finally spoke. "So

everyone can change, you made me believe. I was wrong to simply complain and do nothing

accompany his new friend. After a quick goodbye to his buddies, Phil rose and joined Bill, they

premature aging. His skin was pale and dry, wrinkled by the everyday punishment of the

part of town."This place always gives me the creeps, it really helps that your with me." "Yeah...

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