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Authors: Andrea Judy
Tags: General Fiction
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"What are we going to do?" Jackson whispered.
"I'm going to put a bullet between her eyes, and we're gonna get Aramis the hell out of there." I answered.
I quickened my pace. I could hear Jackson running right behind me, yelling for me and for Aramis. I kept the light from her flashlight just in my periphery vision as I continued down the winding, twisting dirt passageways. I only came to a stop when I hit in the fork in the paths and wavered on which way to go.
Jackson stumbled into me. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"Shine that light on the floor," I told her.
Jackson nodded and let the flashlight slowly sweep the ground. I knelt down low and carefully examined the moist earth. I could make out signs of a struggle and of someone being dragged. I pointed straight ahead and moved quickly down that hallway with Jackson right behind me. In the bouncing light of the flashlight I watched the trail continuing, turning left then right. Jackson struggled to keep up with me as I rushed through the hallways.
"Where are they taking him?" Jackson asked. "I didn't think these monsters would, you know, kidnap someone."
"They'll be taking him to their maker," I said. "She's probably had them looking for him specifically. He holds one of the gems that she needs, remember?"
Jackson nodded, jumping and dropping the light as something growled. The sound echoed around in the narrow tunnels. Jackson scrambled to get the flashlight back in her hand. "What was that?" she whispered.
"Turn off the light," I hissed.
Jackson fumbled with it but got the light off and pressed close against my side. I heard her fumble through her bag and then slide her goggles slide over her head and snap into place.
She took a sharp intake of breath. "We need to go. Now," she said.
"What do you see?" I asked.
"A lot of very big, very angry, likely very dead dogs. Those body temps I’m picking up are not compatible with life."
I looked around the darkness of the cave and finally saw the shine of something white and sharp. The growls grew louder and louder, starting to vibrate against the walls.
I took a deep breath and stepped backwards, pushing Jackson with me. We tiptoed a few tentative steps back when I heard paws slamming against the ground. I grabbed my flashlight from my belt, turning it on just in time to see a huge dog leaping toward me.
The matted fur hung in loose clumps from a skeletal body. Its skin pulled back tightly on its skull making the milky grey eyes look bigger, and the teeth stand out with a constant snarl. Pale green drool dripped from its jaw, and the one jumping towards us had the bones of its legs fully exposed.
I swung the flashlight and cracked it against the dead dog's skull. It dissolved to the ground.
Howls and growls began circling around us, and I felt Jackson tense behind me. "We're surrounded," she whispered.
"Take off your goggles, very slowly," I said softly, “and get your flashlight back out. Turn it on and duck."
"What?" She whispered back though I heard her going ahead and removing her goggles and putting them back into her bag. The batteries in her flashlight rattled softly as she pulled it back out.
"Ready?" I asked as I pulled my pistol out, and readied it.
She took a deep breath. "Ready."
The flashlight burst to life, and light shone across the hall around us. As Jackson ducked, I turned my pistol to fire several quick shots at the raised dead dogs that snarled at the edge of the light. Their bloodshot eyes stared at us, and most of them were missing their snout or ears, lost to rot and time.
I grabbed onto Jackson's wrist and took off past the stunned dogs. In an instant the chase was on, the pounding sound of the feet of the dogs hunting us down echoed all around as we fled through the twisting passages of the underground chamber.
Aramis' trail became long lost under the fleeing from the bloodthirsty creatures as Jackson and I ran as fast as we could. The light bounced in Jackson's grasp,
"What are we going to do?" Jackson whispered.
"I'm going to put a bullet between her eyes, and we're gonna get Aramis the hell out of there." I answered.
I quickened my pace. I could hear Jackson running right behind me, yelling for me and for Aramis. I kept the light from her flashlight just in my periphery vision as I continued down the winding, twisting dirt passageways. I only came to a stop when I hit in the fork in the paths and wavered on which way to go.
Jackson stumbled into me. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"Shine that light on the floor," I told her.
Jackson nodded and let the flashlight slowly sweep the ground. I knelt down low and carefully examined the moist earth. I could make out signs of a struggle and of someone being dragged. I pointed straight ahead and moved quickly down that hallway with Jackson right behind me. In the bouncing light of the flashlight I watched the trail continuing, turning left then right. Jackson struggled to keep up with me as I rushed through the hallways.
"Where are they taking him?" Jackson asked. "I didn't think these monsters would, you know, kidnap someone."
"They'll be taking him to their maker," I said. "She's probably had them looking for him specifically. He holds one of the gems that she needs, remember?"
Jackson nodded, jumping and dropping the light as something growled. The sound echoed around in the narrow tunnels. Jackson scrambled to get the flashlight back in her hand. "What was that?" she whispered.
"Turn off the light," I hissed.
Jackson fumbled with it but got the light off and pressed close against my side. I heard her fumble through her bag and then slide her goggles slide over her head and snap into place.
She took a sharp intake of breath. "We need to go. Now," she said.
"What do you see?" I asked.
"A lot of very big, very angry, likely very dead dogs. Those body temps I’m picking up are not compatible with life."
I looked around the darkness of the cave and finally saw the shine of something white and sharp. The growls grew louder and louder, starting to vibrate against the walls.
I took a deep breath and stepped backwards, pushing Jackson with me. We tiptoed a few tentative steps back when I heard paws slamming against the ground. I grabbed my flashlight from my belt, turning it on just in time to see a huge dog leaping toward me.
The matted fur hung in loose clumps from a skeletal body. Its skin pulled back tightly on its skull making the milky grey eyes look bigger, and the teeth stand out with a constant snarl. Pale green drool dripped from its jaw, and the one jumping towards us had the bones of its legs fully exposed.
I swung the flashlight and cracked it against the dead dog's skull. It dissolved to the ground.
Howls and growls began circling around us, and I felt Jackson tense behind me. "We're surrounded," she whispered.
"Take off your goggles, very slowly," I said softly, “and get your flashlight back out. Turn it on and duck."
"What?" She whispered back though I heard her going ahead and removing her goggles and putting them back into her bag. The batteries in her flashlight rattled softly as she pulled it back out.
"Ready?" I asked as I pulled my pistol out, and readied it.
She took a deep breath. "Ready."
The flashlight burst to life, and light shone across the hall around us. As Jackson ducked, I turned my pistol to fire several quick shots at the raised dead dogs that snarled at the edge of the light. Their bloodshot eyes stared at us, and most of them were missing their snout or ears, lost to rot and time.
I grabbed onto Jackson's wrist and took off past the stunned dogs. In an instant the chase was on, the pounding sound of the feet of the dogs hunting us down echoed all around as we fled through the twisting passages of the underground chamber.
Aramis' trail became long lost under the fleeing from the bloodthirsty creatures as Jackson and I ran as fast as we could. The light bounced in Jackson's grasp,
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