Melee by Wyatt Savage

Author:Wyatt Savage [Savage, Wyatt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

26

I jumped down from the lift and struck off toward the backyard, oblivious to the boxes that were blinking on my HUD.

Twenty paces from the pool, I was tackled to the ground by Dwayne.

“Your ass is lucky that I’ve still got some of my super speed.”

“Let go,” I said, trying to shrug him off. “Let go of me!”

He was pointing and that’s when I looked up to see it.

The figure standing a few steps outside the sliding glass door, where the deck was. I knew her silhouette well enough to recognize my brother’s wife.

She was standing on the deck, gesturing in my direction.

But she wasn’t moving at all.

Dwayne let me go and I stood, scanning my HUD, which showed that there were no bad guys within a quarter mile of our location.

“Kate,” I said.

She didn’t move.

“Kate!” I repeated, louder this time.

No reaction, and when I took several steps forward I saw that she appeared to be frozen, locked in place by the webbing or silk, or whatever the hell it was. It was all over her body, cocooning her, her health points down to two. I stepped on a patch of the stuff on the ground and it was sticky. Only with much effort was I able to pry my boot loose.

I drew close to Kate and saw that her face was locked in a frozen, wordless scream. It was as if she’d been trying to flee from the house when she was caught.

“You know her?” Lish asked.

I nodded. “My sister-in-law.”

“Where’s your brother?” Dwayne asked.

I didn’t answer him. I was too busy pushing through the sliding glass doors. There were several candles flickering inside on a long kitchen table. The power had gone off and Sean had probably had them ready to go. He was always like that, always thinking ahead.

A sour taste filled my mouth when I saw the green splotches on the kitchen floor, the last resting place of Sean’s kids, Nick and Kira. A lump formed in my throat because I remembered the days before. I remembered visiting the family in the hospital when both were born. I remembered the birthdays and the Christmases, and all the other little moments, a kaleidoscope of images playing out in front of me like some cosmic movie reel set on fast-forward.

In the middle of the green splotches was a single item.

A child’s tiny wind-up toy.

I plucked the toy up and pocketed it when something echoed.

A note, a groan.

A man’s voice.

It was coming from down the hall!

Quick as a reflex, I bounded down the hall and saw a form splayed on the ground. It looked like he’d been covered by one of those machines that flocks Christmas trees white, but I recognized him.

“Sean!” I screamed at my brother.

He didn’t move, but my HUD showed that he was alive, although he was down to three health points.

I slid to the ground and grabbed his body. The white stuff covering him felt like cotton candy. I tore at it, ripping it away from his clothes, his mouth.

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