Demonic Hearts by Robert Brumm

Author:Robert Brumm
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alaska adventure

Chapter 8

Karen shoved against the door, fearing at first that something was pushing back against it. It was just the wind though, and it whipped the heavy fire door out of her hands when it suddenly changed direction. Aimee pushed past her, gun held out in front, one arm up to ward off the snow.

“Come on!”

Karen darted after her, suddenly sure the wind would change again, trapping her inside the complex alone. In her hurry she tripped, falling into snow that was ankle deep even in the relatively sheltered annex of the DARPA facility.

She looked up to see Aimee looking down at her with barely concealed contempt. “Will you get your shit together?” she snapped.

“You think I’m doing this on purpose? Jesus Christ, I just lost my best…” Karen stopped herself, but too late.

Aimee’s face was unreadable. “Yeah, you lost your buddy. That’s rough, alright.” The shorter woman grabbed the scruff of Karen’s coat and hauled her to her feet. “You seem like a swell gal, Karen. Rainne liked you and that makes you okay in my book. But I just had to shoot the woman I love in the fucking face, so here’s what you’re going to do, okay? You’re going to shut up. We’re going to get to the truck, we’re going to get far away from here, and then I’m going to crawl into a bottle and not come out again until the world stops being a prick. You copy?”

Karen nodded, the tears on her face already beginning to freeze.

“Grab onto my arm.”

Karen dug her fingers deep into Aimee’s jacket and the two women trudged through the dark, heads turning from side to side as they checked the shadows around them. The truck, barely thirty feet away, seemed to take an age to reach.

They got in, slamming the doors behind them, Aimee taking the driver’s seat. She put the heater on full blast and for a while the women sat in shocked silence, gasping while they watched the harsh storm unfurl.

“I’m sorry,” Karen said. “Rainne was… I just can’t believe what’s happening.”

Aimee didn’t reply. Karen noticed she kept the gun on her lap. “You don’t believe what’s happening, huh?” Aimee said.

Karen frowned. She didn’t know Aimee very well, and had trouble reading her tone. “No, I…”

“Yeah, it’s all pretty unbelievable, I’ll give you that. Being chased around by some John Carpenter fuckers? This is some late-night-cable crazy bullshit. You know what’s really weird, though?” Aimee pointed the gun at Karen’s chest. “What’s really weird is I just lost the only woman I ever really loved, and all I can think about is making sure that you’re safe. You want to tell me why that is, Karen?”

Karen tried to keep the quiver from her voice. “Jesus, Aimee. I don’t know what’s happening any more than you do! Will you point that thing somewhere else?”

Aimee didn’t move. Didn’t blink. Karen looked into her eyes. Aimee didn’t seem angry anymore, just deeply sad.

“Aimee, please. I don’t know what you mean.”

Aimee put the gun away.

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