Reek by Bradley Freeman

Author:Bradley Freeman
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Pugnacious Publications
Published: 2014-10-21T04:00:00+00:00

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Something smelled delicious. A smell that made one swallow involuntarily; throat reacting to the flavor, trying to taste. Rich, juicy meat.

Mai fought to open her eyelids. They were heavy, her whole body screamed exhaustion. The world focused at its pace, milky blur receding. She was in the foyer. Daytime by the look of it, the area alight in activity; people in a panic, faces pulled tight as they ran all over. They wore old clothing; the design and fabric something from the past. Thick cloth covering up too much skin. No color, just reliable black, white and gray. Not a single Asian face among them. She noticed a few dark-skinned people, she had head Jin calling them something. Mari? Mo-ri? The foyer surrounding them while not brand new looked in remarkably better shape than she last saw it. A large mirror hung against one of the walls, encased in a detailed lacquered frame.

Something was off. She wasn't catching on; important information dangling just above awareness. She needed to think, mildly alarmed as she noted her body was slow in picking up information relayed from her brain. Things were happening around her but it was like looking at the world below from an airplane. Nothing mattered, far out of reach to be of consequence. The smell came again, wiping everything away, tempting. Something was burning; full and rich, a hint of sweetness underneath the piquancy of meat burning. A look at faces running by showed concern, teetering on the edge of complete fear. The men seemed to be putting on a brave face while the women looked wild somehow, fierce. There it was again, that thing she was missing. Something that sure felt important. Mai watched the people as she gathered a sense that whatever was causing such a fuss was happening outside, beyond the double doors. People would run inside, waving their arms around in an angered state. She couldn't make the words, everything sounded dulled, like hearing the noise of a TV in another room. All wore bandages in stages, wrapped around parts of the body, yellowed and in dire need of changing; some mottled with blood. Beyond that, a few people with entire heads balled up in cloth, small slits in the fabric their only way of seeing out. Yelling from down all of the hallways. Clusters of people appeared dragging several women that were bandage free. Not the most well-read when it came to her history–especially the international kind–but Mai was sure the women were nurses, their uniforms bore the blueprint of standard hospital garb. They screamed, holding onto floorboards until sharp pulls wrenched their grip free; fingernails torn from the skin, remaining behind, stuck between gaps in the wood. Mai tensed her legs, about to move. No longer was her body slow, brought out of her thick stupor by the nails left in front of her. Whether she was about to help the women or run in the opposite direction, her thoughts changed when she saw the girl standing across from her.

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