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The streets of Ascension Parish were mainly desolate, considering the late hour, with the exception of a laid back trio of cops patrolling the vicinity.
Passing the cemetery, the unmistakable sound of a woman's shrieks of fear pierced through the cool air, alarming the trio, who approached the iron gates with an expeditious movement just as they had been trained to. The unquestionable scent of death engulfed them as they began their descent into the dead labyrinth, and followed sound of the incessant screams.
Soon enough, they arrived at the scene - a group of people, at least a dozen, their clothes filthy and ragged, some with a lack thereof, were hunched over something in the corner, near the body bags of those who had supposedly died from the plague. The only problem was that they were persistently wriggling around, like a butterfly hatching from its cocoon.
Although the pungent smell of death was sickening, the grotesque appearance of the lurkers was most terrifying - as one of the members of the feasting group acknowledged the presence of the agitated trio and shuffled towards them, so did the rest, displaying a mob mentality. The cops instinctively fired off several rounds, no warning shots, as the creatures descended upon them, who were completely unaffected by the bullets that penetrated their ice-cold flesh. Only one escaped the onslaught, running as far as his energy could take him, as the wails of agony from his former accomplices filled the air, but with the price of a large scar across his bare arm.