Venomous by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

WAKE UP.”

His eyes flickered like those of an acid head. Once the haze seemed to evaporate from his vision, he screamed like a little girl and curled into a ball.

“Please don’t hurt me! I haven’t done anything! They sent me back!”

“I mean you no harm,” I said softly. “I am in debt to you. You stopped that creature.”

Slowly his body unfolded, and he gawked at me like I was river-dancing. “You’re Blacklight,” he panted. “THE Blacklight.”

“That I am.” I helped him to his feet, and he glanced around the rooftop at the glittering skyline on all sides of us. His eyes stayed wide, nearly bulging out of his skull, his mouth hanging wetly open as he took in the view. I could imagine this was a shock for him, but honestly, I just wanted to get to the bottom of this damn mystery. “How do you know my name?”

“My God,” he murmured, “it used to look like this, didn’t it? New York. Manhattan. We’re in Manhattan, aren’t we?”

“Yes, of course. Answer my question.”

“Jesus, there’s the Chrysler Building…. Look at it, like a giant, steel Christmas tree. It’s just like I remem—”

I grabbed his shoulder and spun him around to face me. “I don’t have time for this,” I said, jabbing a blackened finger in his face. “Tell me who you are. Where you’re from. What the hell that creature that turned into you was.”

He stared into my eyes for a few seconds, dumbfounded, and then nodded slowly. “Who I am isn’t important,” he said with a sigh, “but when I’m from is.”

“I’m sorry—when?”

“I’m here from thirty years in the future, Locke. They sent me back to find you.”

The sound of my real name sent vipers through my blood. He really knew. This would not do. “Explain yourself. Immediately.”

“I came back in time to find you, to speak to you, to let you know about what horrible things will happen if you don’t do away with this little ‘gift’ of yours.”

“What are you?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” he said, laughing humorlessly. “The swirling black tendrils, the dead, hateful eyes…It’s pretty simple.”

I knew the answer before he said it. I didn’t know how I knew, but I did. And as he affirmed it, the bottom of my stomach gave way to an endless pit of horror.

“I’m the new Blacklight,” he said. “I’m what you become.”

“You’re…you’re ME?”

“Not quite.” His eyes glazed over as he took in the city again and mumbled, “That’s the problem.”

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