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. […]
Bec threw her hands in the air and tuned away from Nigel. “Oh, yes, we’ll kill them all. Why didn’t I think of that? If only we’d thought of it sooner, we could have stopped all of this needless violence and death.” She turned back to Nigel with one eyebrow raised. “Really, Nigel?” “If only […]
The smell of wet leather was the first thing to hit him. The beast’s tattered wings opened out, revealing an elongated, snarling face; somewhere between a wolf and something shiftier, like an ermine or a weasel. It released its taloned grip from the ceiling and dropped silently to its feet before him, the scorpion’s tail […]
She didn’t look like his wife. Any semblance of her had been wiped away through years of apparent decay and misery. What stood in front of him was a shadow, a being of memory. It couldn’t be his wife, yet he felt it, he felt her presence coming from the spirit before him. He didn’t […]
“What?” asked Milly, her breathing heavy and her words slurred with the effort of pinning the monster down. “How?” “I don’t know,” said Nigel, “But she’s dead.” “Are you sure?” asked Bec. “Well, I mean … I think so,” he said. He completely understood the need for assurance. If they let go, thinking she was […]
The Anne-monster crouched before the glass wall of the lab. Masses of her new species milled around behind her, scraping and chittering. She turned towards the sound, her limbs creaking and popping, as if being used for the first time. She stepped towards the horde and chittered back at them, rocking on her feet, constantly […]
Nigel slid down the glass with his back to the creatures. He could hear their scraping claws and full body thrusts against the wall, but cared not. Right now, no matter how uncomfortable, anything was preferable to looking at their white, screaming faces. He shuddered, the thought alone of their sharp teeth shining through their […]
They were not given a chance to breathe as the doors had closed and were locked behind them. The albinoids began slamming into the doors with ferocious intent, sure to turn them into splinters within seconds. Nigel leaned against the doors, barricading them with the help of Jacob. Milly and Bec stood back, supporting a […]