The Gordian Event: Book 1 (The Blue World Wars) by Lee Deadkeys

Author:Lee Deadkeys [Deadkeys, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bone Hare Press
Published: 2017-04-06T22:00:00+00:00

Day 6,Morning

Mason’s House

Mason walked through the yard looking for Mr. Broaden. Everything was cast in a sickly dead green. He searched the bushes and grass, careful not to crush his neighbor underfoot.

He moved closer to the house and something glinted faintly it the grass. He rushed to the area and picked the small man up in his hand. Oh no… no, Mr. Broaden! They’ve turned you to plastic!

In his living room he wept as the others stood around, peering into his hand. Jess snatched Mr. Broaden away, holding him close to her face for inspection. Poor fool, she said. Same thing happened to Angel. Look at this. She produced a small plastic angel, complete with halo and wings. The figure’s arms were outstretched. The fingers looked chewed by a dog.

Jess laid the tiny neighbor on the outstretched arms of the angel. Shouldn’t let this go to waste, she said. Right, Mason? She tossed the tiny figures into the air. The angel flapped its wings and buzzed through the window and out into the night. Mason? All better now, Mason? Mason?

“Mason, wake up.”

He woke with a start, disoriented. He scanned the room, halfheartedly looking for Mr. Broaden, hoping to see him cradled away in the arms of his Valkyrie, wishing for a moment longer with the lie.

“Bad dream?” Jess asked as she rubbed a spot on his back.

He sat up fully and rubbed his eyes. They felt gummy and dry at the same time. “I’m going to kill that cat.”

Jess cocked her head at him. “What cat?”

“The cat that took a crap in my mouth while I was asleep.”

She chuckled, humorlessly. “Sorry I had to wake you. Angel is getting worse; she’s still bleeding.” She looked down at her hands. “Sorry about Mr. Broaden, too. I had a, a nightmare about him—we should have done something, more….” She trailed off and Mason thought she might cry.

He felt a stab of guilt, how hard had he really tried to save his neighbor? Had there been a moment of relief when they stopped him from rushing out to help a doomed man? There might have been. He leaned forward and pulled her to him. She went willingly; a few quiet tears shed against his shoulder for Mr. Broaden, a man she hardly knew.

“Has anyone slept? Anyone besides me?” He asked after a few minutes.

He felt her nod against his chest. “I think we all have, a little. Angel has been in and out since last night. She seems a little stronger this morning but the bleeding hasn’t stopped. I really don’t know how long she can go on like this.”

She sat up and looked at him. “There’s something else, too. You can’t tell my dad, he would only worry, but I thought I should tell someone.” She tugged at the tape holding her bandage together and unwound it. Mason saw the problem before she had even finished removing the bandage.

He took her arm gently and studied the angry red inflammation around the wounds. The long, ragged tears were filled with a pussy yellow and his stomach rolled.

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