horrors2

The_Iron_Fury.The_Horrid.tex

 1\chapauth{The Iron Fury}
 2\chapter{The Horrid Refraction}
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 5{\em This entry picks up immediately after {\rm The Horrid Reflection}
 6ends.}
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 9Suddenly, I was sobbing. Once the tears ceased leaping from my
10blood-drenched sockets, I took a moment to recollect myself. My
11muscles tensed. I looked down at the dark, mangled body next to me.
12What the fuck, I thought. I still had glass in my face. My head
13throbbed. I rolled the corpse onto its back. And vomited. I vomited
14so hard, so long, that a vessel burst in my eye, coloring it red as
15Satan's ass. Its body had dissolved into phlegmy puss. The alley
16stunk of fear and sweat and blood. And now vomit.
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18The glow of some unspeakable evil hung heavy, looming over the dark
19corridor. It pulsated. I had to get out of there. I had to think
20about what just happened.
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22I got to my lodgings and cleaned up. As I was picking glass out of
23my shattered skull, a knock sounded. Heavy- angry almost- on the
24thick wooden door. Inching to the corner of the room, I determined
25to wait them out. I had darker matters to attend to. What was that
26thing I had glimpsed in that dim alley? Why did it wear my badge?
27Why was it--
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29``Bavarious! I know you're there!'' a feminine voice bellowed. I
30could sense there would be no introspective pondering for me this
31evening. I edged to the door. Skin standing at attention, hairs all
32prickle, I passed my hairy appendage over the door knob. Slowly, I
33creaked it open. Standing before me was a person I had thought,
34hell, hoped I would never see again.
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36Nora Fury. A halo of fiery red curls cascaded about her, wild and
37unrestrained. Just like she was. A single cigarette smouldered in
38her claw-like grasp. As soon as she was in the dank room, a slap
39encircled my raw face. Blazed like the fury for which she was aptly
40named.
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42``How dare you leave me in Mexico,'' she sneered. I snee\-red back at
43her sneer.
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45``How dare you shack up with that drug lord,'' I returned with equal
46disdain. ``Can't we just move on? You're a tough dame. I knew you
47would come out on top. Here, lemme pour you a drink.''
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49I knew that when Nora was mad, she was a hellcat under the covers.
50Maybe a nice distraction would ease my beleaguered mind. I turned
51to the crimson cabinet behind my desk and my hands found their way
52to two glasses and a bottle of whiskey.
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54``So what d'ya need from me, Sugar?'' I smarmed, holding out the
55stiff libation. It dropped to the floor, shattering at my feet.
56There was no one in the room.
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