“Weapons?” asked Nigel. “Well, we need something. You saw that thing.” She waved her hand in the direction it had left. “If we don’t have something to protect ourselves, we’ll all be dead by the end of the day. That thing, those things will come back and we can’t just hide every time they do.” […]
It was not a human scream. This was a scream that battled itself with the rage and raw hunger that spurred it. It was a scream that brought memories of things that never happened and things that never would. It was a scream that froze animals in the headlights and prompted prey to relinquish itself […]
“Is everyone alright?” Nigel asked, doing his best to ignore the enraged chittering on the other side of the door. The door jumped as the creature slammed into it. This was followed by a sharp scrabbling sound. As far as Nigel knew, the doors in this place should be strong enough to withstand the onslaught. […]
There was not one body, or two. There were more; more than made sense to Nigel. A great heap of bodies, so entwined in agony and distress that they were no longer human; so entwined in fear that they were immeasurable. Bloody arms and heads and feet stuck out of the jumble that thinned out […]
“Come on,” he yelled, barely hearing his own voice, “this way.” They stepped into the corridor, Nigel still garbed in his pyjamas; thin pants and a loose t-shirt. The sound of the siren was quieter out here, less compressed, and they headed to the left. An attempt had been made to give the appearance of […]
He awoke, lunging for his taser. His confused fingers grabbed at thin air and he overbalanced, falling with a ‘thud’ to the floor. His head reeled and he shuffled back against the wall of the bedroom. Sinister laughter met his ears. His head flashed side to side, looking for the hellish beast that had him […]
A groan escaped Nigel’s lips as his brain limped back into consciousness. His head felt ready to burst and his tongue rolled in his dry mouth like a worm in the hot sun, looking for even a drop of moisture to keep it alive. He flopped a hand up to his temple; partly to soothe […]
The taser electrodes bit into the spook’s face. It let out a high-pitched squeal and spasmed with shock, half-collapsing and thrashing its arms around. screams of pain coming from the horrid creature that kneeled before Nigel drowned out the clicking noise of the taser. He was transfixed by its pain and simply stood, watching it […]
A serpent, as that was the best description for it, floated in the air before him. The size of a small crocodile, it writhed in the air like an eel in water. The head was as wide as Nigel’s with a jaw like an anglerfish, but teeth like knives. A spiny sail ran down its […]
They pored over the lab for around half an hour and found nothing relevant while picking through the remnants of equipment and data and mattress fluff. Nothing that gave them any idea of what caused the accident or even where it occurred. Eventually, they stopped kicking through the rubble, left the lab and changed out […]