Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Julia took an indeterminate amount of time to rest. She did not know if she slept or not. It may have been 5 minutes, it may have been 5 hours, she'll never know. The unending darkness outside the window and the absence of any working clocks inside the building gave her no help. She proceeded with her plan.

Julia walked at an average pace, but took care to be more quiet than normal. The first ghast, as she had taken to calling the creatures, since the cafeteria was hunched over in an office space. She opened the door connecting to the hall to see if it was a survivor, and the sound made it lunge. Their bodies seemed to be fragile, even if they continued to live after suffering grievous wounds. This one was so resilient there wasn't anything left of its head except black goo on the wall before it finally died.

Julia was numb to the horror by now, killing the ghasts seemed like nothing more than a dangerous chore. It wasn't human bodies she was killing, in her head they were just animals. Julia passed by and killed 3 more ghasts. She was happened by her fourth, curled up in the corner of another office. She held it against the wall with her hand on its shoulder and raised her dripping right fist. Then... It cried out in pain?
"Please don't kill me please don't kill me please don't kill me please don't." Julia let go and stumbled back, surprised. For what seemed a long while, the man curled up in a tighter ball in the corner. Julia issued her first real words since she had... become this.
"Are you okay?" The voice sounded scratchy, like hers, but filtered and changed through the suit's exterior speakers.
"I-I.. Uh yeah I'm... Alright."
"What's your name?"
"Carson."
"Well Carson, you're the first one I've found in this hell."
"Oh."
"Care to leave?"


- By Ashton