Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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He bounded up the first staircase he saw and got off at the fourth floor. A pair of hallways bade him choose, so he followed Garovel’s directions to the door of the murderer.

Hector pounded on the door. “Hello?! Please open up, sir! There’s, ah--a gas leak, and we need to evacuate the building!”

No answer.

Garovel ventured inside. ‘He’s hiding her in the bathroom.’

He backed up and started kicking the door. “Please, sir! I know you’re in there! This is very important!” The door didn’t budge at all. It might as well have been a wall.

He’s about to slit her throat.’

“No!”

Here.’ Garovel found his shoulder, and Hector immediately felt an explosion of pain throughout his body before it vanished familiarly. ‘Kick it in!

The door flew from its hinges, ripping its deadbolt and chained lock right out of the wood and plaster.

“What the fuck?!” came a voice from the bathroom, and when the man came out and saw Hector, horror struck his face and he backed away toward the living room. “What the fuck are you?!”

And Hector was confused, because he couldn’t see his own skin eating away at itself, revealing the dried, bloodless muscles of his face. He couldn’t see his shaved hair gone ghostly white or his bloodshot eyes outlined in dead, blackened flesh. Hector just kept walking forward, undeterred by the knife that the murderer threw into his chest, and he grabbed the man by the throat and slowly tightened his grip. Hector could hardly believe how weak the man’s struggles were. He easily kept him pinned against the wall, strangling the man until he fell unconscious.

16 comments:

  1. OMG This is awsome XD i just read the entire thing
    i just cant wait to see what happens next. Btw great twist with his new skill i will be checking in here every day.

    Yours truly

    Lolloboy

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    1. Okay. I know you told me to reply to this comment elsewhere, and I did, but it's bothering me that I have this one random comment sitting here that I haven't replied to.

      SO THERE.

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  2. ...w...t...f.
    Congrats on luring me out of my habit of silently just reading. New reader here, found you via an ad link on drewhayes.digitalnovelists.com

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    1. Wonderful to have you. Assuming wtf is a good thing. If it's not, then... IT'S STILL WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU.

      Cool. It's interesting to see how people find the story.

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  3. What would that be called? "The Death Change"? "Dead Mode"?

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    1. "Super Family Fun Time Mode" is what I call it in my head.

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    2. I cant tell if your being sarcastic, or if your being serious... either way, funny remark/reply.

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    3. And you just made me think of "Hellsing Abridged" by Takahata101/TFS on youtube

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    4. Sorry about my reoccurring line after line of shenanigans and what not.

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    5. Nothing to be sorry about. I'm an avid supporter of shenanigans.

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  4. What an image: a zombie calling the police to report a murder in progress while a reaper stands nearby correcting him on the details...lol. Reading on...

    Scott Scherr

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  5. ....is this a good idea? Now he's going to get framed รต.o

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  6. Yay! I found this story through creepypasta.com

    You mix a good story with good jokes which are both good things :D

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