CHAPTER ONE
The paramedic drove the ambulance through the streets of Riverton, Wyoming, weaving through the traffic with the sirens blaring loudly. Inside the cabin, Metallic- Don't Tread On Me played. The driver, a young girl freshly graduated to an ACP tapped her hands on the steering wheel along with the song as she drove; mouthing the words as she sped towards her patient.
She arrived at the outskirts of town, it was dark and she had all the lights turned on the vehicle yet the lights seemed unable to penetrate the overwhelming darkness of the night sky. She turned off the engine and looked to her partner, Jack Robson- 1st Officer on this call- and shrugged. The pair hopped out of the vehicle and surveyed the area for danger.
They had been called to a large open paddock, no trees, no fences, no landscape features, so when their eyes settled on the shape on the ground they knew they'd found their patient. Jack nodded to Maria and the pair pulled on their gloves and made their way to the shape, their kits in tow.
'Sir, hello sir, can you hear me? If you can would you be able to open your eyes or squeeze my hand sir?' Jack continued to ask similar questions whilst rubbing the man's sternum as Maria completed a quick assessment of the patient's vital signs
"No pulse rate, no breathing, yet no cyanosis Jack. Inserting a LMA after hyperventilating the patient."
Jack nodded
"Large trauma to the right side of the skull and a compound fracture of the right fibula by the looks of it, shit. I left the defib in the truck, be right back. Start CPR!" Jack stated as he jumped up and sprinted to the truck. Maria nodded and began trying to resuscitate the patient.
Maria was completing her third cycle, annoyed about what was taking Jack so long when she heard the ripping noise. She paused and looked up slowly, her heart stuck in her throat as she saw a large figure in a black coat ripping the arm off a decapitated Jack Robson. She swallowed slowly as the creature- what looked like a tall thin man- threw the body of Robson ten meters away from the ambulance and jogged after the body like it was some sick joke. Maria turned back to the patient she was resuscitating and somehow for the first time noticed the strange amount of blood... She rolled the body of the man over and almost leapt back in horror to see that the man's back had been torn to shreds and his spine had been ripped out. She stood, leaving the ambulance kit on the ground and crept towards the driver's side of the ambulance.
The creature was continuing to throw the body and chase it, with its back to Maria. She slid into the driver's side, door still opened and closed her eyes, praying silently as she put her hands on the keys and turned on the ignition, gunning the vehicle and speeding away. The door slammed shut as she sped off and continued glancing in the revision mirrors, no sign of the creature. Fear grasped her as she sped as fast as possible towards the nearest group of houses, hoping that that would deter the attacker…
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"Here we go Dean. Two paramedics received a call to a deserted property on the edge of Riverton, Wyoming, once they arrived there they found a ripped in half farmer, and the senior paramedic was ripped to shreds by a 'mysterious man in a black coat' though no bodies were found when police returned later. Sounds like our sort of thing." Sam told his older brother Dean as they drove along the highway going no place in particular.
"I'm not sure it does." Dean said, his voice gruff and almost annoyed,
"What Dean? How can it not be our type of thing?" Dean looked at his brother and sighed,
"Because it's in Wyoming Sammie, there is nothing in Wyoming worth my attention." Sam glared and handed the paper to Dean who glanced at the photo of the young, attractive blonde paramedic and smiled,
"Ok, so maybe it is worth our attention!" Dean said with a grin, quickly changing lanes and taking the exit to Wyoming.
"That's what I thought you'd say." Sam said with a smile as he shook his head and opened his lap top, beginning his research on the area of Wyoming, and attacks on people by large cloaked men.