Undead as a Doornail by William F. Aicher

Author:William F. Aicher [Aicher, William F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William F. Aicher
Published: 2019-08-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Even with the lights out, the museum remained well-lit from the light of day streaming in from the many windows. The very idea vampires would attack in broad daylight again went against all the vampire logic I possessed. Either they were desperate, or they’d hired someone else to do their dirty work again. Regardless, from the smoke and the screams choking the hallways, we needed to get the hell out, and quick.

“Do you know the way out of here?” I shouted over the blare of alarms.

“Yes, I have been here many times. Follow me.”

And so, I followed. Back through the maze of exhibits, past scores of terrified museum visitors locked in indecision between cowering and escaping. No one dead yet. That was a positive sign. But the screams continued. Some from the visitors we passed, bellowing in fear at the sudden idea of a terrorist attack on the building. But the other screams … the ones from far away corridors, those were screams I recognized all too well … for they were screams of death.

As we neared the front door, my heart sank. The entire entrance had been blown up. Impossible to exit. Scores of bodies scattered bloodied in the rubble, dead from the explosion. More blood and bodies streaked the walls and hallways—a grisly mess of dead people with their throats ripped out.

It was vampires, alright. And we were trapped in here with them.

“How do we get out?” screamed Sofi. “The doors are all blocked.”

My eyes darted around the space, searching for another exit. “The windows. We break the windows.”

We ran to a wall of windows across the entrance, remarkably unbroken by the explosion. I lifted a chair and hauled back to throw it through the glass when out of the corner a dark shape lunged at us. Dressed in black jeans, a long-sleeved black shirt, black gloves, and a head covered in a black ski mask, all I could make out in his flash of movement was a snarl of razor-sharp teeth through the mouth hole. I shoved Sofi out of the way and dodged the attack.

“The gun, Sofi! Shoot out the window with the gun!”

But it was too late. Two more vampires appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and began to circle us, snarling. “Give it to us. Give it to us now,” they hissed.

“Fat chance, fucko!” I shouted and kicked a chair in their direction. Sofi fired off a shot, catching the one who spoke square in the chest. Even with his ski mask on, I could still see him smile.

“There has to be another way out. Just run, Sofi. Run!”

I admit, at that moment I wished I had the bag in my hand. That I had the amulet and my gun, so I could escape on my own and leave her to them. I could always regroup. Come back later once I’d figured shit out. If one of those bastards got his teeth into me, all my coming back from the dead would be useless. I’d just be a damned vampire when I woke up.

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