Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez

Author:Sergio Gomez [Gomez, Sergio]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-27T04:00:00+00:00

Nadine watched him return from the Butcher Room with a large cardboard box with pieces of metal jutting out the top of it. She watched Varias Caras carry the box several feet down the same wall Nadine was chained to, just barely still under the glow of the torches, and set it down.

Varias Caras went through the box, chucking the pieces of metal into a pile in front of him that looked like nothing but a bunch of scraps. Then he pulled a chain out of the bag, and Nadine realized what was happening.

It was a disassembled set of restraints, just like the ones keeping her.

The second chain clanked as it hit the top of the pile. Varias Caras got up, went over to the shelf where he kept his chainsaw, and grabbed a hammer and a box of nails. He returned to the wall, picked up a metal part, and started nailing it to the wall.

He spoke to Nadine between bangs. “Tomorrow Mamá’s birthday. I bring another Barbie back. We have party.”

Bang. Bang. Bang.

“Maybe have to let you go,” he said, shaking his head. “I cannot take care of two Barbies. You understand?”

Bang. Bang.

Another girl? Oh God, he’s bringing someone else to this barn. The realization broke Nadine’s heart in a way she didn’t know was possible. He was going to capture another innocent person, and subject them to…this. Someone out there, in the world Nadine was sure she’d never see again, was living the last moments of their life before being brought into this hell. And she was powerless to help the girl—couldn’t even warn her about it.

Nadine surprised herself by sobbing. The sobs came out so loud they could be heard over Varias Caras’ hammering.

He stopped, and without looking at her he asked, “Why are you sad?”

She didn’t respond, just continued to cry. Ignacio dropped the hammer on the floor. His mind completely changed tracks, and he went over to Nadine, crouching in front of her again.

“Why do you cry?” he asked again.

Nadine wiped at her eyes with the back of her hands. Her chains clinked.

“Nothing… nothing…” she muttered.

She’d been trapped here long enough to know her captor’s temperaments. She could feel his mood change without having to see his facial expressions. As large as he was physically, the energy he exuded was just as large, and right now, she could feel him getting angry. That seemed to be his default response for not understanding things, to get angry at the situation.

Nadine tried to get ahold of herself in hopes of stopping the impending anger, but she couldn’t. This was too much.

“You stop! You stop crying!” Varias Caras jumped up to his feet. He started stomping around like a child who’d just had his video games taken away from him. “Stop! Stop!”

The more he screamed and commanded her to stop, the harder it was for her to comply. Unlike a child, his temper tantrums scared her. Nadine felt the ground underneath her shaking, and she cried harder.

“Stop! STOP!” He covered his ears with his hands and shook his head to muffle the sound.

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