Sarcophagus by Ben Hammott

Author:Ben Hammott [Hammott, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-18T07:00:00+00:00

When the creature stirred and its eyes flickered open, it bore little resemblance to the monster that had fallen asleep an hour before. It was bigger, meaner and considerably deadlier, and it had an appetite for flesh to match. It heard voices a short distance away and slithered out from the dark space beneath the machine it had taken refuge in and began its hunt.

After a thorough search of the room produced no sign of the creature, the four men gathered on catwalk-2 and gazed down at the various pieces of machinery that kept the vessel alive and moving through the ocean.

“Well, it obviously ain’t here any longer as we’ve searched the whole room twice,” stated Nijama, relieved it had gone.

“But how could it have gotten out?” Ronaldo’s eyes roamed the room, his gaze picked out the closed exit. “Even if it was intelligent enough to open the door, I doubt it would have the sense to close it.”

“Same way it got in, I suppose,” suggested Fitzgerald.

“Okay, what other exits are there it could have used?” asked Arnie.

The men thought for a moment, and then as one, they turned and stared at one of the two vent stacks that fed fresh air into the engine room and expelled the stale air and fumes.

“That way seems more feasible,” stated Fitzgerald

Ronaldo sighed. “That’s it then. It must have escaped. It’s someone else’s problem now.”

“We had better inform the captain about the creature now we know it’s loose again and tell him it killed the Chief and Lino,” said Arnie.

Fitzgerald nodded. “Okay, you do it, but let’s all be on our guard in case it comes back. Keep a weapon…” He stared at his hand on the rail that trembled. He knew every vibration, rattle and tremor the ship made, and none of them were responsible for what he felt now. He peered over the side and came face-to-face with the new improved monster climbing one of the supports.

Though its head remained pale and skull-like, it was more refined with a thinner, pointed jaw no less deadly than the previous. Thick, wiry hair covered much of its body and its arms were ringed in armour-like sections of brown bone.

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