A month ago Mr Hyde developed a growth on his thigh. Doctors assured him it was benign and scheduled an operation to remove the tumour. However, a week ago the pallid sac had grown a tiny grotesque face. Mr Hyde was even more disturbed by what the face said. It spoke of “hideous truths unknown to humanity.” Whenever Mr Hyde tried to show the growth to someone the face vanished; all anyone could see was a fleshy lump.
The “secrets of hell” that the face has told Mr Hyde have driven him near mad. The face has also convinced him that should it be removed then Mr Hyde will die. Can the investigators help before the operation?
Possibilities
1 Mr Hyde is carrying an evil parasitic life-form which, left untreated, will drive the host insane before taking over the whole body. Surgically removing the parasite will kill Mr Hyde. The only remedy is exorcism.
2 Mr Hyde has a rare disease that causes tumours and insanity. There is neither face nor danger of death. However, merely removing the lump is no cure. Another tumour will appear along with increasingly violent mental instability. The disease may be contagious.
3 The face belongs to a previously dormant underdeveloped conjoined twin that Mr Hyde’s body had absorbed whilst in the womb. The twin somehow survived and now jealously wants to have a body of its own. The twin can force Mr Hyde’s body to reabsorb its face when observed. Over time the twin will filter more and more nutrients to itself, eventually growing limbs while its brother becomes weaker. At the right time, the twin will extricate itself from its brother’s body. Surgery can save Mr Hyde, but only by murdering the conjoined twin.
© Chris Moreby
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