Mike woke up and clutched his stomach. It hurt, his insides felt as if they'd been twisted around each other in a painful knot. He didn't know what it was, but he assumed it was just cramp or indigestion, so he took a Rennie's and tried to go back to sleep. If it happened again he'd see the doctor.
Mike had almost been right, it was the creature inside him that had indigestion. It slithered about beneath his skin, growing, almost ready to be born and there was nothing any doctor could do about it.
