Primeval (Werewolf Apocalypse Book 2) by William D. Carl

Author:William D. Carl [Carl, William D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: apocalyptic, werewolf, postapocalyptic, lycanthrope, bestial, armageddon, apocalypse
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 2012-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

2:59 p.m.

John Creed watched Michael as the man stopped in front of a swath of gang graffiti that looked like balloon letters spelling out an obscene epithet. The homeless man looked at the word, ran a hand through his shaggy blond hair, and lowered his gaze to the ground. He observed the trickle of water streaming down the center of the sewer passage.

“We’re lost,” he said, finally, forming the words John had been certain he would hear. The only words he truly didn’t want the man to say. He had figured Michael didn’t know where they were going, but he didn’t dare ask him. Once the thought was admitted, it became something real, something true.

“Jesus, I didn’t want you to say that,” John said.

“I’m sorry, but I’m all turned around. After that last chase with the rats, I think I should’ve taken you up a level, not down to this one.”

John couldn’t criticize the guy. The rats had spilled out of a drainage pipe, and they had run away, taking several fast turns and climbing down a ladder as fast as they could, then taking several more corners until they came face-to-face with this dead-end brick wall and the strange vaginal reference. John wondered if the graffiti referred to a specific woman or to a mere section of her that was a bit more salacious. For all he knew, it could mean a physical crack in the wall, although he didn’t spy any.

“We could retrace our steps, find our bearings.”

“You’d trust yourself to find your way again?” Michael asked, leaning against a damp wall. Beads of moisture soaked into his shirt, but he didn’t notice.

“You weren’t keeping track, huh?”

“Hell no, not with those mutant things running right behind us. Is it me, or do they look even bigger than the first ones we saw?”

“Probably because they got so much closer this time. So, you don’t know where we are. What comes next?”

Michael shrugged his thin shoulders. “I guess we go forward. The sewers will lead us somewhere. They all come out of the ground someplace.”

“I’m not so sure I want to be aboveground right now,” John admitted. “From the sounds we’re hearing, those rumblings, there is some bad shit happening right above our heads. We’re deep enough that the noise should be dampened a lot, but those explosions and crashes and stuff – that’s just too scary. Whatever it is, it’s fucking loud.”

“End days,” John said, little more than a whisper.

“You’re not one of those are you?” John asked. “A believer like that?”

“Oh, I think God’s real, but I never supposed the end was near, like in those crazy cartoon signs. But, when we looked outside, and I see those creatures down here coming at us, hell, maybe there’s something to it all. God knows, I’ve been wrong about enough in my life that it’s cost me everything. This could be my redemption.”

“Get me out of here alive and you’re good with God?” John had to struggle not to laugh.

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