Decayed by Jason Brant

Author:Jason Brant [Brant, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampires
Published: 2019-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

21

Cass stood on the MMA cage, inspecting the hole in the middle. Destroyed boards and canvas and other construction materials were scattered around the entrance to a Vladdie nest. She could see a few feet inside the tunnel, but the dirt angled away and the passage disappeared under the arena.

“The blood leads right into the hole,” Lance said from under the floor.

When Emmett had led them to the place he’d hidden Greg, they’d found nothing but a streak of blood trailing deeper under the cage. Lance had crawled in to look around while Cass had climbed up top to inspect the entrance of the nest.

They both had flashlights they’d pilfered from the dead Bandits.

Before searching for Greg, they’d walked down the hall Lance had decided to have a knife fight in. They’d found the man Lance had stabbed to death. Cass’ stomach had flipped at the sight of the battleground. Blood was everywhere. They’d made a mess of the entire hall during the fight, leaving wet, red footprints and handprints across the floor and walls.

It looked like a scene out of a horror film.

Cass figured that was pretty much what their lives were now.

A horror film.

Lance’s wound continued leaking as he bent, swiped the Bandit’s gun and flashlight. She’d seen the way his eyes kept glancing at the man’s face, the twisting of his features as he took the belongings.

Guilt was tearing him up.

“Oh God.” Emmett stood beside Cass in the cage, rubbing his hands over his mostly bald head. “I left him right beside a nest, and one of those damned things took him!”

“Hold on, Doc. We don’t know that yet.” Lance’s head appeared in the hole, and he peered up at Emmett. “Greg might have crawled in here by himself. You said those guys were right behind you when you dropped him off, right? Maybe he woke up and heard them coming.”

“Who in their right mind would think that crawling into a nest would be safe?” Emmett asked.

“You’ve met Greg before, right?” Cass said. “He’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.”

“No way. There’s just no way he would do that willingly.”

Lance turned his attention back to the floor. He shined his light around, said, “There’s some blood here, but not a ton. If a Vladdie got a hold of him, there’d be a lot more. And I don’t see any foot or handprints in the blood either. Nothing stepped in it or was dragged across it.”

“I think he went down there to hide.” Cass shined her light down the hole. “Look at how far down that is. If he slid down there to hide, he wouldn’t have been able to climb back out. It’s too high, even if he could use both arms.”

Emmett pursed his lips, but he didn’t say anything.

His eyes were watery.

Cass didn’t think the situation looked all that hot for Greg either way. If something had taken him, then he was dead and they’d lost another friend. She tried to push that thought

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