The Dark Unseen by Andrew C. Jaxson

Author:Andrew C. Jaxson [Jaxson, Andrew C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-18T19:06:15+00:00

It climbs to my waist, now, snake tongues crawling over my pyjamas. My arms shake; I can’t stop them. It reaches my chest. The cold is awful. It hurts. The pain goes right inside my chest, into the middle of my stomach. It’s going to kill me. My whole body shakes. I’m going to die. I scream.

It stops.

The pain withdraws. It has no eyes, but it looks at me. It crawls back down my chest, legs, feet, and out of the tent. It’s gone. It could have killed me, but it let me live.

The ranger has rope in his supply bag, so I tie him to one of the big logs that make up the cabin wall. He’ll have a hard time getting free of that when he wakes up. He said help is coming, but I doubt that’s help we want, considering he just tried to murder us both. We need to get out of here fast.

But Bek can’t walk. Her leg is definitely broken, and I can’t carry her far. I try the ranger’s satellite phone, but it’s locked with a pin code. His keys are in his pocket, which is the one good thing to happen all night. He has a map of the huts in his bag, and I think I know which one the lower hut is. That’s where he said his truck was. The hut is farther down this road, but it’s a long way. It’ll take me a few hours to get there if I walk, just two if I can run that far. I’m going to have to leave Bek up here until I get back. I don’t like it, but there’s no other option.

“Stay inside,” I tell her. From what I’ve seen of the creature, that won’t help at all, but it might not know she’s in here. If someone’s coming they might find her, but the risk of the creature hunting her is greater. Either way she’s in danger until I get help. I kiss her and open the front door.

The mist still lies thick as a blanket around us. Up the road, the wreck of our car is wrapped around a tree. It’s a miracle we survived at all.

The lower hut is a straight trip down this road, so I should be okay for directions. I clip the knife onto my belt in the sheath I took from the ranger and stuff the map in my pocket just in case. I set off at a jog. I have to pace myself if I’m going to run this whole way, even though it’s downhill. The ranger had a brighter torch in his bag, and it lights up much of the road. Regardless, I switch it off. I can’t attract the creature.

The mist is lit up by the moon, and it twists around me, pale and ghostly, providing just enough light to make out the next few steps. It’s safer to run in the dark, for now.

My feet crunch on gravel, and my breath hits a rhythm.

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