Druid's Due by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2019-03-11T05:00:00+00:00

“Look out, druid! There’s one on the roof!”

Larry’s warning came a dollar short and a day late. The second revenant had already landed on my back, and it was making short work of my jacket and shirt. I reached back and grabbed the rev by the arm, yanking it over my shoulder as I tossed it through the open door of the RV. Those vehicles looked solid enough, but the new ones were about as sturdy as a papier-mâché dollhouse. I must’ve tossed it a bit too hard, because the rev went straight through the opposite wall.

“Shit! Larry, keep an eye on that thing and make sure it doesn’t get away,” I hollered.

“On it!” the chupacabra replied. “But you’re going to owe me a broccoli pizza and some brewskis for this.”

“Whatever,” I muttered as I entered the RV.

Now that there were two ready-made exits, I didn’t want to let the first rev escape. The creature wasn’t going anywhere, intent as it was on its current meal. It was in the middle of the galley area, crouched over the body of a sixty-something male retiree.

The revenant looked to have been in her late forties when she died. She was dressed in mom jeans, an expensive technical windbreaker, hiking boots, and flannels over a long-sleeved thermal baselayer. Two small bullet holes punctuated the dark black veins that stretched across her face—one in her forehead, the other just under her left eye. She screeched at me as she hovered over her meal, warning me away from her kill.

Huh. Looks like she got turned here in the park. Something tells me finding patient zero is going to be a bitch.

As for the old man, his chest had been ripped open, ribs splayed out and his innards on full display like a scene from Aliens. Blood soaked his shredded white t-shirt and tan Member’s Only jacket, while his dead eyes remained fixed on a spot far above the roof of the RV. Oddly enough, his reading glasses were still perched on his nose, even after the struggle that had apparently taken place when he’d first been attacked. Plates, cups, and silverware were strewn all over the floor, and his right hand still clutched a suppressed .22 caliber pistol.

Hard to get a license for those—and expensive, too. Silenced .22 doesn’t make much noise and wouldn’t draw attention in an R.V. park, which was probably why he had it. Bad choice for killing revs, though. Poor old dude never had a chance.

I didn’t have time to screw around with this rev. As far as I knew, its partner was the original carrier, so I needed to track it down, and quick. I pulled out Dyrnwyn, lit it up, and calmly walked toward the revenant. As expected, she leapt at me, either to protect her kill or to add me to the menu. Without much room to maneuver, I stepped slightly to the left and bladed my body, all while removing her head from her shoulders with an upward forehand slash.

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