PREY II
Heartbeat of the Universe
Daniel felt sick, blood covered his coat and dripping over his gun. Adrenaline was pumping through him; there was always a large difference between shooting paper cut-outs and humans. Daniel didn't look up waiting for the dull thud of the presumably dead person dropping to the floor. He felt strong arms lift him and he saw Tristan was holding him up in the air like some wrestler holding up an enemy to smack on to the ground. Tristan's eyes were glowing with an eerie light like he was possessed. Daniel felt weaker as if Ghost was sapping the power out of him, darkness was creeping at the corners of his eyes and the last thing he saw was Ghost's heart beating through the mess of his chest. Ghost looked like something out of an 18 rated game where you mindlessly shoot zombies to save your own ass. Daniel was considerably calm considering his situation and he felt so calm that he could go to sleep and that's what he did.
Ghost dropped the body, not caring for anything. He was possessed by the will to end the era that was killing the world. Instead of waiting for the doors to open he punched his way through 6 metres of hardened steel in 5 seconds as if it was rice-paper. He entered the lab and the first thing that hit him was the air-conditioning and the fact that it seemed no-one came in here for a long time. Well it was all computerised, but this place seemed overgrown somehow. But he headed to the containment tanks anyway and saw all the specimens in their clothing, still an extra program…eh? He smiled and went over to the computer and typed in the commands to operate mechanical hands to come and grab the experiments. Luckily this happened without incident and when all the children were out he put in a circle and made their hands touch, he then stood in the middle and concentrated hard. Ghost raised his fingers and clicked. The children were still clearly knocked out but they raised their hands and began to click as well till there was a rhythm, the heartbeat of the universe.
Meanwhile it was chaos in the residential area with scientists and civilians running here and there. Panic was the stale smell Nicole woke up to. She was all powerful now and she new what to do. Wait for the sign and then to start it all. She was possessed by the will to do something, a hidden power that came from nowhere and was unstoppable. Tristan would go first then she would, she sat on her bed smiling a vampire grin that would have put Dracula to shame. The door opened and Tristan's friends were chucked in.
Ruth was the first to get up and walk to Nicole who now looked like a person out of the Exorcist, "Are you OK?" Ruth said slowly, not sure what to expect from Nicole.
Nicole raised her hand and began to click a rhythm, "Do you hear the heartbeat of the universe? Every so often it skips and takes a long time to right itself!" Nicole spoke as if telling a joke but a very spooky one. The rhythm was very hypnotic and soon Ruth, Hanyou and Richard found themselves swaying in rhythm with the heartbeat of the universe. The darkness began to creep at their eyes threatening them to fall asleep.
On the screen Mrs. Foreman watched Ghost clicking and then he stopped but the children kept going. A bright flash appeared and Ghost and the children began to crumble away with particles swarming off their bodies like desert storms. When the large particle storm had stopped all the occupants who had sat there were gone. Mrs. Foreman looked around, her henchmen lay slumped over the controls and the men who sat at the monitors had had their eyes burnt out and not showing vital signs. So no wonder Tristan would ever warp as it killed people, 'so maybe Omega will come back and help me with my work' Mrs. F thought, 'Who dancing on the strings now Tristan?'
End of Chapter 12