SYMPTOMATIC: An Apocalyptic Horror Thriller (MADNESS Chronicles Book 3) by M.L. Banner

Author:M.L. Banner [Banner, M.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Toes in The Water Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Otto held tight, not letting go of the men. He had his arms wrapped around all three. They kicked and punched, but he held on. Otto knew this would be his final heroic action, not that he was feeling particularly heroic at this moment: his mind was filled with revenge. He’d take these horrible men with him. He was most impressed that he had no fear and felt deep satisfaction knowing the other three did.

Gas billowed all around them. The three men in their black jumpers coughed and choked as they struggled to get free of Otto’s grasp. And in their struggles, they breathed in more of the toxic gas. Otto wedged his eyes and mouth shut, holding his breath, not because he thought he would escape death. He was certain this was how it would end for him. He just wanted to make sure these men felt death’s sting before he did.

Finally, as the men quickly succumbed to the toxic effects of phosphine gas, searing through their lungs, eyes and skin, Otto couldn’t hold his breath any longer. It was time.

He let go of the three men, fluidly snatching the cigar lighter from his pocket, and held it out ready before he was forced to suck in a deep breath of the caustic fumes. I shouldn’t have waited so long, he thought.

With his eyes still shut, Otto involuntarily thrashed. He felt vital blood vessels and maybe even some organs inside him begin to burst. He had maybe a second or two.

Otto had two final seemingly disjointed thoughts: this was a real-life example of entropy, as in this was the point in their closed system when disorder began; and he wished he could have taken out his cigar and lit it before this.

He clicked on his cigar lighter at the same time he flicked open his eyes to see what it would look like. The effect was instantaneous: his eyes caught the beautiful blue flame, followed immediately by an all-consuming white light and then nothing.

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