The Cabin in the Woods by Tim Lebbon

Author:Tim Lebbon [Tim Lebbon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780857689702
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2012-08-19T15:09:34+00:00

SEVEN

Sitterson knew that Hadley would be panicking right now. That was just his style. Once the real game began, he became edgy and nervous, seeing the few obscure ways things could go wrong, instead of the many ways they were going right. It was Hadley’s way of working, that was all. How he kept focused, maintained his composure.

But that still didn’t prevent it from pissing off Sitterson.

Least they could do was enjoy themselves a little.

Hadley slumped down in his chair, one hand to his forehead.

“Calm down, I got it,” Sitterson said as he tapped some keys. “Watch the master work.” He brought up three new windows on his computer, then tapped a switch on his control panel array.

“There.” He sat back in his chair, hands laced behind his head, and glanced across at Hadley. “What?” Hadley asked.

Sitterson sighed and nodded at the large displays.

“Eyes on the screen,” he said. “The camera never lies.”

•••

This is so fucked up, Marty thought. Things had gone from laughter to panic in a matter of minutes, and now there was running and shouting and screaming and dying, and he wasn’t sure just when things had changed. Seeing Curt outside, of course... bleeding, panicked raving... that had been when reality had become more terrifying for him. But he had a feeling that everything had begun to change much earlier than that.

Curt’s behavior with Jules had been so unlike him, and even earlier, down in the basement when they’d been looking through all that weird old stuff, something had seemed not quite right. The stuff down there was stacked and piled and stored so haphazardly that Marty couldn’t help but see some order in it all, as if it had been placed that way. Maybe he was the only one who could see that, and it was his laid-back approach to life that encouraged him to find order in chaos, but he thought not. Not completely, at least. There had been something more.

Something like design.

Now Curt was leading them to the back of the cabin to make sure all the doors and windows were secure and blocked up. And though Curt was the jock everyone looked up to and respected because he was cool, good-looking, and generally a great guy... even that felt wrong.

Holden and Dana moved close together, not holding hands but touching fingers as they walked. Marty coveted their security.

Thump! The thing hit the cabin again, and Curt came to a halt just at the beginning of the corridor, looking around as if suddenly lost.

“What’s the matter?” Dana asked, her voice terrified.

Curt seemed confused. He shook his head, frowning, running one hand through his hair and spattering a dozen tiny blood droplets onto the cabin floor.

“This isn’t right...” he muttered. Then he looked at the others almost as if he no longer trusted them, face hard but eyes afraid. He settled on Marty. “This isn’t right. We should split up. We can cover more ground that way.”

Hold on now... Marty thought.

Holden and Dana swapped a glance, and Marty saw something change in their stances.

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