The Hybrid Roommate Experiment

The government hid a human-alien hybrid by making her roommates with a blind girl. In 1972,

Marissa needed a roommate, and an Air Force Colonel provided Rachel.

Rachel was weird, wearing sunglasses indoors and eating green paste from unmarked boxes.

But when Marissa’s mom visited, she touched Rachel’s arm and realized her skin felt like

cold, raw mushrooms. Then the glasses slipped. Rachel had vertical

cat eyes and telepathic powers. It was a secret experiment to see if hybrids could

blend in. But Rachel ruined the mission by actually caring. She used her powers

to heal Marissa’s blindness, exposing her own secret. The military liquidated