The shadow on the floor let out a long, low moan. “Nooooooo.” It was a sound so full of despair it broke Nigel’s heart. “Nooo, leave me alone.” “Levi? Levi, buddy, it’s me.” Nigel scooted over to the dark shape that had folded in on itself to form a human croissant. “Levi.” He reached out […]
It cannoned into Bec, sending her sprawling. With alarming and unstoppable speed, it shifted its focus to Nigel, knocking him with a tooth-rattling blow to the jaw. As he fell, he twisted in time to see Milly go down with a groan behind him. The shadow leaped back over the top of Nigel and he […]
“You did what?!” Milly took a large step back, her lip curled in disgust. Nigel cringed at her disdain. “I planned to leave him for the cops. I really did, but then he started to taunt me; making jibes about Julia and Mads. I think he wanted me to do it, I figured out later. […]
“Where do you want me to start?” he asked. He then raised his hand, finger outstretched. “And if you say ‘the beginning’, I will lock you in that cool room and walk away.” Bec shrugged. “How about what makes you so scared that you’re willing to blow us all up to stop it. Because I […]
As he stared, the heap trembled. Legs and heads rolled from the top of the pile and bodies shuddered. Nigel jumped back, half expecting the pieces to reassemble and come at him in some new, patchwork horror. A white arm, missing half the fingers on its hand, stretched out from beneath the viscera. Fresh purple […]
“People?” Milly’s voice rose in excitement. “Quick!” She reached for the handle of the stairwell door. Nigel grabbed her hand before she could open it and shook his head. He leaned forward. Bec and Milly joined him in unison. They stood with their ears pushed to the door for a full twenty seconds, each holding […]
He stared through the window at the spot where Jacob had been torn to pieces. He knew he was gone. He had seen it so it must be true, but it didn’t add up. Yes, the albinoids could slip through the smallest of cracks, but it took effort and time. There was no way they […]
Bec fell in line with Nigel without question. “Jacob, the door.” “Huh?” “The door, open the door.” Milly’s voice was urgent, nervous. Jacob jabbed at his watch three times and the doors hissed. The glass parted and Bec slipped through the widening gap, followed by the others. “Where are we going?” asked Jacob, concern evident […]
The beast’s slavering jaws hung loose in anticipation of its meal as they all fell backwards. It struck at Milly, missing her by half a hair. She screamed as its sting flashed past her face. It reared up, stretching out its arms and fingers, framing itself in its wings and letting out a deep roar […]
They were silent. Nobody looked at anybody else. The decision they had made weighed on them all. It was a decision to not only kill themselves, but anybody else that may still live. Nigel didn’t like it. He couldn’t bear the thought of all those deaths on his conscience, but he knew what was coming. […]