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Authors: Zach Bohannon
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through the air. The way his boot had sandwiched the thing’s brain into the concrete tickled him funny on the inside. It made him feel good to end a being and to watch it stop moving. He only wished the Empties had the obligation to breathe so he could have watched the thing draw its last breath.
From behind him, David heard a door shut from the ambulance and he turned around to see Lawrence looking toward him with his jaw dropped.
“You’re crazy, man!” Lawrence exclaimed.
David turned his body to face the shocked black man. “I’ll need more ammo and a knife, if you’ve got one.” He walked toward Lawrence, who was still just standing there in awe of what he’d just witnessed.
Lawrence walked to the back of the ambulance and, when he came back, he had a backpack on and he offered David a bowie knife. It rested in a sheath, and David secured the holster for the blade around his waist. David slipped the extra clip into his pocket, turned around, and headed for the front door.
***
“Cover me,” David told Lawrence, who was standing right behind him.
David used one hand to slowly open the door. The dogs were barking so loudly that, if there was an Empty on the other side of this door snarling at him, he was apt not to even hear it, but his gun was drawn just in case.
The door creaked open with no trouble.
Once the door was open all the way, the smell hit him immediately. David brought his free hand up to cover his nose, and turned around to see Lawrence doing the same.
“What the fuck is that?” Lawrence asked. The man was a paramedic, and would have been inured to just about any foul smell by now, one would think. But this was awful.
David entered the clinic and saw the scattered remains of what had once been a human plastered all over the tile floor. It was chewed up, with blood and pieces of tissue, guts, and organs spread across the floor and wall, and David put himself on high alert. There were Empties here.
He turned around and held his pistol up in front of his face, ready to take down any creatures that came across his path. David watched Lawrence pass through the door and look down at the body. He covered his mouth and his eyes widened.
“Keep a lookout,” David said. “There’s got to be some of them in here.”
Lawrence nodded in acknowledgement, then turned around and raised his own gun.
In front of them was a welcome counter. Behind it, there was a door that presumably led to offices and an operating room, while beside the counter, there were two double doors with a sign on one of them that read “Kennels - Employees Only”. The barking was coming from beyond those doors.
Lawrence looked to David. “I’m going to go check this door behind the counter. Why don’t you go check through those doors and see if you find anything back there?”
David nodded and approached the double doors as Lawrence walked behind the counter through a small swinging gate.
The double doors had two square windows, and the barking grew louder as David approached them. When he got to where he could see through the windows, he saw them.
Three Empties stood along a narrow hallway. Lined down one side was chain link fence with individual gates every few feet. The Empties were standing in front of them, banging and pulling on the metal fencing, trying to bust through the fence to get to the barking meat inside.
David checked to make sure the gun was loaded, and then hesitated. He had a feeling building inside him… a need. He slipped the gun into the band of his pants, then reached for the knife. Pulling it from the sheath, he examined the blade up and down. It was fairly clean, free of blood, and begging for him to christen it.
David wet his lips, circling them with his tongue. He then smiled, grasped the knife with a solemn grip, and pushed through the doors.
***
Lawrence
The horrific odor along with the ongoing barking was giving Lawrence a splitting headache. The smell was a disgusting
From behind him, David heard a door shut from the ambulance and he turned around to see Lawrence looking toward him with his jaw dropped.
“You’re crazy, man!” Lawrence exclaimed.
David turned his body to face the shocked black man. “I’ll need more ammo and a knife, if you’ve got one.” He walked toward Lawrence, who was still just standing there in awe of what he’d just witnessed.
Lawrence walked to the back of the ambulance and, when he came back, he had a backpack on and he offered David a bowie knife. It rested in a sheath, and David secured the holster for the blade around his waist. David slipped the extra clip into his pocket, turned around, and headed for the front door.
***
“Cover me,” David told Lawrence, who was standing right behind him.
David used one hand to slowly open the door. The dogs were barking so loudly that, if there was an Empty on the other side of this door snarling at him, he was apt not to even hear it, but his gun was drawn just in case.
The door creaked open with no trouble.
Once the door was open all the way, the smell hit him immediately. David brought his free hand up to cover his nose, and turned around to see Lawrence doing the same.
“What the fuck is that?” Lawrence asked. The man was a paramedic, and would have been inured to just about any foul smell by now, one would think. But this was awful.
David entered the clinic and saw the scattered remains of what had once been a human plastered all over the tile floor. It was chewed up, with blood and pieces of tissue, guts, and organs spread across the floor and wall, and David put himself on high alert. There were Empties here.
He turned around and held his pistol up in front of his face, ready to take down any creatures that came across his path. David watched Lawrence pass through the door and look down at the body. He covered his mouth and his eyes widened.
“Keep a lookout,” David said. “There’s got to be some of them in here.”
Lawrence nodded in acknowledgement, then turned around and raised his own gun.
In front of them was a welcome counter. Behind it, there was a door that presumably led to offices and an operating room, while beside the counter, there were two double doors with a sign on one of them that read “Kennels - Employees Only”. The barking was coming from beyond those doors.
Lawrence looked to David. “I’m going to go check this door behind the counter. Why don’t you go check through those doors and see if you find anything back there?”
David nodded and approached the double doors as Lawrence walked behind the counter through a small swinging gate.
The double doors had two square windows, and the barking grew louder as David approached them. When he got to where he could see through the windows, he saw them.
Three Empties stood along a narrow hallway. Lined down one side was chain link fence with individual gates every few feet. The Empties were standing in front of them, banging and pulling on the metal fencing, trying to bust through the fence to get to the barking meat inside.
David checked to make sure the gun was loaded, and then hesitated. He had a feeling building inside him… a need. He slipped the gun into the band of his pants, then reached for the knife. Pulling it from the sheath, he examined the blade up and down. It was fairly clean, free of blood, and begging for him to christen it.
David wet his lips, circling them with his tongue. He then smiled, grasped the knife with a solemn grip, and pushed through the doors.
***
Lawrence
The horrific odor along with the ongoing barking was giving Lawrence a splitting headache. The smell was a disgusting
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