Crawling under my skin

I've never done a "detox" before but have always been curious about them, so I was open to the idea of trying something new in alternative medicine.

The idea of putting some A.I.-controlled "worms" into my body seemed a little sketchy, though, until I found out they were made of pure energy so they weren't solid matter at all. In fact, when they were implanted it felt quite good knowing these little things were zipping around my body, cleaning up arterial plaques, collecting heavy metals, and passing effortlessly through my own tissues without causing any damage.

After the therapist released them into my arm, I was able to go about my everyday life as always. As the worms zipped around, they gave off light and appeared almost like glowing silverfish racing about purposefully. When they came close the surface, the skin would move a little and shimmer. And since there were quite a few in me, giving off this light, I walked around with a nice aura emitted from all over.

Friends, curious about this new technology, would stare and poke at my arms. The worms were designed to pass through living tissue, though, and transferred easily into their bodies if they left their skin against mine for a few seconds. Since they seemed to be multiplying within me, I didn't mind sharing them.

But, as with any medicine, you should exercise caution with these things. I didn't think about what might happen as these worms accumulated these toxins in their travels. After a time, they began to evolve. They began to solidify, and as they did I began to actually feel their movement within me. In my arms. In my chest. In my neck. All over.

And they continued to reproduce. No longer a symbiotic relationship, I was now a host to countless man-made parasites.

I woke up one day to find my right forearm was swollen at the wrist, and the flesh around the area was beginning to rot. They were nesting there, and feeding off my body now.

So I went to the doctor. He inspected me, and confirmed that they were solidifying. He'd seen this before. One of the bumps of a nest began to quiver erratically while he talked to me. He lit a match, and just in time. The skin burst open, and a large maggot-like worm, with a single, orange eye, crawled with amazing speed towards him. With one swift movement he plunged the flame into the eye of the grotesque thing that hatched from me. It popped and seized living immediately. Much to my relief, as you can understand.

One down, but how many more to go? Who knows? This is when I awoke ...