"Police - stay right there!" Niko turned around to see a chubby cop aiming his pump-action shotgun at him, another entering from behind him, his pistol raised.
"I was attacked - by him!" Niko yelled in frustration, pointing towards the corpse with his gun. "He was eating.."
"Put the gun down or we will shoot!" the chubby cop harshly cut him off. Reluctantly, Niko dropped his gun to the ground, and the other cop who looked younger, and was clearly thinner than than his accomplice yet well-built, quickly collected Niko's weapon, then went to handcuff him. His eyes met the gruesome sight that was behind the desk.
"Jesus Christ... Ed come take a look at this."
The chubby cop walked over, his weapon still trained on Niko, and looked. "Damn, the paramedics are gonna have a fun time handling this mess." he remarked, with a slight chuckle. Niko glared at him in disgust. The chubby cop, Ed, turned to Niko.
"On your feet, asshole. Walk out of that door and into the car." Niko grit his teeth, then reluctantly stood up and began his walk of shame.
"I'm telling you, cop, that man was tearing into my friend."
"Yeah? Tell it to the judge, bitch." Ed replied, prodding him with his shotgun.
"Holy shit..." the other cop said. Niko and Ed turned around - the cop walked back a few paces, his weapon raised, but his arm violently shaking.
What?!" Ed demanded, but his question was answered - behind the desk, the body of Emmanuel was stood up, his innards hanging out of the hole in his abdomen, and his single eye clouded, as the other was hanging over the half of his face that was chewed, by its thin optic nerve. He made an animalistic growl, then shuffled towards the shocked trio. They stared in horror at what was shuffling towards them, raspy snarls escaping from its mouth.
Ed fired his shotgun into its chest which caused it to stumble backwards and smack its back against the wall, leaving it covered in a dark sanguine stain - but it simply carried on moaning and walking towards them. Ed discharged another round, this time into its abdomen, causing his exposed innards to explode on the impact and send all sorts of matter spraying onto the desk and floor.
"Shoot him in the head!" Niko bellowed. Ed's accomplice obeyed, and fired a single shot which pierced through Emmanuel's forehead, causing him to slump against the ground. They all stared at the mess in bewilderment.
"What the hell just happened..." the cop said, staring at the corpse, but he was cut off.
"Shut up Steve. Hey, asshole, is this a prank?" Ed asked, panicked and poking his shotgun in Niko's face once again. "'Cos you're gonna be in a snit if it is..."
"No, of course it isn't a goddamn prank! Now get that thing out of my face." Niko bellowed. Slowly, Ed lowered his gun, a trickle of sweat streaming down his face.
"Steve, you get on that radio and call the paramedics, and you'll do it now, you hear me?!" Steve nodded, then ran outside to the parked cop car. "And you..." Ed began, "you're gonna tell me what happened here."
"How am I supposed to know?! That psychopath was eating my friend, who... came back from the dead!" Niko replied angrily, unsure of his choice of words.
"But... that's not possible. He... his insides were outside... you can't come back from that." Ed stammered, which was very different from his normal, holier-than-thou behavior.
Ed's radio suddenly buzzed alive with chatter, causing him to jump. "All units near North Holland, be advised, we have what looks like a 10-15 in the projects, requesting all available units for assistance..."
Outside, an ambulance had just arrived, and leaped out from it, greeted by an anxious looking Ed.
"Two corpses... it's a mess." he said. The paramedics sighed, then lazily dragged their way inside. Ed entered his cruiser, which Steve was already sat in.
"Where are you going?" Niko angrily demanded.
"Checking out the 10-15 - where the hell did you think?" Ed replied.
"Hey, Ed, what about the-"
"Shut up Steve!"
And with that, the car raced off towards North Holland with its siren wailing and echoing across the street. From every direction, the never-ending sound of police siren blared. A single police helicopter flew across in the same direction as Ed and Steve.
Niko growled in fury. "Goddamn lazy pigs." He jumped into his orange Infernus and sped after the duo.
