Gnash by Brian Parker

Author:Brian Parker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 2940016527550
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2013-05-13T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

09 May, 2015 hrs local

Three Pillars Estates

Indianapolis, Indiana

By the end of the day, most of the residents of Three Pillars had turned out to search for Justin. Curtis had sworn the small group who witnessed the attacks by Jessica and Alex to secrecy since they all agreed that it would start a wave of panic that could threaten the safety of everyone in the subdivision. So they’d simply told everyone else that he was missing, but considered dangerous.

So far, no one had reported seeing him. The community was similar in size to a small town, with a little over 500 houses, but almost all of the homes were occupied and the ones that weren’t were searched multiple times. The only structures besides single-family homes that were in the neighborhood were two county-mandated condominium buildings with twelve condos per building, three small blocks of townhouses and the community activities clubhouse adjacent to the pool so it shouldn’t have been that hard to find him if he was still in the subdivision.

Grayson and Curtis were frustrated that they couldn’t find Justin. They knew that in all likelihood, it was only a matter of time before he got sick and then began attacking residents, then they would just run towards the screams. They were fighting against the clock, but with the electricity still out, they decided to call off the search until the next day. Justin was potentially too dangerous, especially in the coming darkness, and even more so since only about ten people knew what had really happened with Jessica and Alex.

Most of the residents who weren’t on guard at the gate or along the fence gathered on the neighborhood softball field at 8:15 p.m. like Curtis had instructed. Those who didn’t would have to be informed by their neighbors. After the search turned up nothing, the Three Pillars leadership decided the best thing to do would be to tell the residents about the fight at Jessica’s house and what they feared would happen to Justin.

Curtis climbed up onto a large plastic utility box cover that was molded to look like a rock in an effort to beautify the neighborhood. Somebody had ripped it from its proper resting spot and carried it to the field so he could be seen by everyone.

He wasn’t one to mince words, so he started right in, “Hi everybody.” He waited a few seconds while those closest to him greeted him. “Alright, we’re in a pickle, that’s for sure…”

“Speak up!” someone shouted from the back of the crowd.

“Sorry friends, is this better?” he asked. It sounded to Grayson like Curtis had almost instantly shed his civilian persona and stepped back into his days in the Navy as his voice boomed across the softball field.

“Like I was sayin’, we’re in some trouble here,” he stopped as voices from the crowd asked questions. He held up his hands and said, “This is gonna go a lot easier and faster if y’all just let me talk. Hear me out, save your questions ‘til the end and maybe we can get home before it gets fully dark.

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