Jason X by Pat Cadigan

Author:Pat Cadigan [Cadigan, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Flame
Published: 2005-01-19T11:00:00+00:00

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"Everybody else, report to Lab one immediately"

Kinsa pulled back from the marathon getting-dressed-after-sex kiss she had been sharing with Stoney and frowned. "What did he say?"

"Dunno," Stoney said mischievously, pulling her close again. "Wasn't paying attention." He tried to pick up where they had left off but Kinsa poked the ticklish spot above his bellybutton and he was unable to keep from jumping back.

"That was Brodski," Kinsa said, reaching for the rest of her clothes so she could finish dressing. "We're supposed to go to Lab One immediately. Why would he be telling us to do that and not Professor Lowe?"

"Dunno," Stoney said again. He was already dressed and only had to slip on his shoes. He did so and stood up to tap the comm-link on the wall near the door. "On our way," he said.

"Hey, wait a second," Kinsa told him. "I'm not ready yet."

"Well, hurry up," Stoney said good-naturedly.

Then he opened the door and threw a bowl of blood in her face.

It was the only thing she could think of to explain how she could be sitting on her bed with thick, coppery-smelling, dark red stuff dripping into her eyes and running down her front. She mopped the worst of it out of her eyes as her initial shock began turning to anger. Stoney knew how she felt about practical jokes. What the hell was he thinking? She moved towards him to rip him a new one and discovered that someone had beat her to it. He already had a new one right smack in the middle of his stomach

Strangely enough, it was exactly where his ticklish spot was. Or rather, where it had been. What he had now instead of a ticklish spot was a razor-sharp metal blade protruding several inches out of an ugly gash that was leaking blood and torn pieces of his insides all over his favorite sweater.

All of this went through her head in a fraction of a second, as if it were a video she was watching on fast-forward with full comprehension. When it ended, she thought nothing at all because she was simply screaming and screaming and screaming.

Screaming as hard as she could, with every ounce of strength while Stoney stood there looking stunned, his face actually going gray.

Screaming while an enormous, ragged, shambling figure behind him grabbed hold of his neck and pulled him through the open doorway.

Screaming even as it registered to her that the figure looked exactly like one of the two bodies Lowe and the others had just brought on board from Earth I but only in the most absent way because she was still not thinking, only screaming.

Then as if to deliberately punctuate the moment, the door slid shut. Kinsa continued to scream.

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