Chapter 6
Both scientists had been placed in the same room as Mr Jorden, who was glad of the company. His wife had gone back to work and while his kids where at school they could at least trade stories as to what had happened.
While listening to them talk about how the creatures must have jumped them from behind as they couldn't recall anything after entering the large room he felt what he thought was his heart palpitate. As he lent forward holding his chest lightly he watched as the Doctors in either bed both do the same.
"Did you feel that?" Mr Jorden questioned the man to the left of him. As he seemed about to nod the mans face screwed up into the most horrible expression as his entire body seemed to arch forward. He gave an almighty squeal as he threw himself from side to side clawing at his own chest.
The room suddenly was filled with doctors, all running to the convulsing mans side. As he watched in horror the doctors began to push the man down, all the while he fought back, kicking and screaming in obvious agony. Before they could even pin him down another burst of screaming erupted from the right of him. Turning he watched as the other patient began to convulse.
The medical staff didn't know which way to turn, there were only 6 of them. three split off from the group pinning down the left man to run to the right leaving Mr Jorden in the middle to look on disgust. As the three surrounding the first man to convulse began to strap him down they all retracted as they heard something crunch.
In the middle of his chest a patch of red began to spread quickly, another crunch, the man fell back into the bed. His eyes rolling, his breathing rash and sporadic, he began to shake and tremble violently before a tearing noise and a splash of blood, so violent it hit the ceiling and the surrounding doctors. The gore and violence of the experience was too much for the doctors, who just stood back and watched as the patients shirt tore open and a creature appeared nestled in the mans chest cavity.
The creature could be only be described as snake like, its tail curled in the warmth of the blood, it quivered as jumped with the heart still pumping beneath it, it seemed to look at the doctors before its small maw opened giving a screech unlike anything they had heard. One of the female doctors screamed as it suddenly moved, its small legs and tail propelling it across the mans body in a trail of blood across the room faster than anyone could have predicted.
Another bone crunch emanated from the other side of the room as the other doctors suddenly came face to face with the same creature residing in the other mans chest. This time the team of doctors tried to grasp the creature, but it was so slippery with blood and gore it too escaped, following its brother across the room and into a small ventilation duct in the wall.
Mr Jorden could only lie there, his face splattered with blood from the explosive force of the birth. As he put a hand to his own chest he felt something move inside.