>>5209391“They sure as hell <span class="mu-i">looked</span> like they saw something.” Continues the skeleton. “They took off almost immediately–got into pairs and each chose a direction!”
“So what happened next?” Eddie asks, eyes growing wider with interest!
“It was like a movie, man!” Donnie hisses! “We heard chatter over radios or something, right? Then the soldiers came back, only some of them were missing! Then they must have heard someone, because all of ‘em ran down that alley over there after!” He adds, jabbing his finger towards an alleyway squeezed between the <span class="mu-g">DOG HOTEL</span> and some kind of <span class="mu-g">PEST CONTROL</span> place. “We heard a few gunshots, but that was it–everything went quiet after that.”
“And you didn’t even check it out?!” Talbot scoffs, clearly unimpressed, “Lame, man.”
“Hey, you weren’t there, asshole!” Donnie fires back, earning another dip towards the dogs! “AGH! Th-the whole thing was over in a few minutes–you really think we wanted to tangle with whatever got that squad?”
You shrug. They tangled with <span class="mu-i">you</span>!
“Yea, well…” The skeleton mutters, “we uh… we were busy, okay? Setting shit up.”
Yea, you laugh, busy being <span class="mu-i">WUSSES!</span>
“So what about the <span class="mu-r">BOMB?</span>” Eddie asks, pointing to the burned-out husk you’re currently standing on. “That wasn’t you guys, right?”
“I’ll admit it: not a bad idea.” Donnie shrugs. “Not ours, though. Something else put it there once the shooting stopped.”
You frown. Some<span class="mu-i">thing?</span>
“Sure didn’t look human to me!” Donnie replies with a wild look in his eye sockets! “Whatever it was was wrapped up in rags or something–had a real funny way of walking, too.”
Good start, you growl, but you need more! What else did he see?
“It moved pretty quickly and quietly for, well, <span class="mu-i">whatever</span> it was…” The biker continues, straining his brain for more details. “Like a spider or something. It was <span class="mu-i">BIG</span>, too! Real big!”
“Any ideas?” Eddie asks, face scrunched up in confusion, “I’m drawin’ a blank here.”
“Here’s an idea:” Donnie interjects, “let me go? I told you all I know!”
All in good time, you hiss as you trace the path from the APC to the shady alley. All in good time…
>CONTD. 