horrors2

benitocereno.The_Beginn.tex

  1\chapauth{benitocereno}
  2\chapter{The Beginning}
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  5Minutes later, to the sound of gunshots, Rogue Davix aw\-oke from his
  6horrible dream. The lumps, all of the lumps, were nothing more than
  7a satanic vision. The dreams were always the same. Aliens,
  8darkness, another world. If he didn't have amnesia maybe he
  9would have had some clue as to why he was haunted every night. But
 10it was a dark and dangerous secret, only willing to unlock itself
 11when he proved himself worthy.
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 15He brushed it off because he was not sleeping well. There were
 16strange noises outside of his apartment at night. Evil noises.
 17Noises so black they could snuff out the light of decency in the
 18strongest of men. He complained several times but no one would take
 19care of it. That is why he decided to hire Luke Bavarious,
 20PI.
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 24Rogue jumped out of bed and ran to his window. Luke Bavarious had
 25unloaded his Beretta into a stumbling ghoul, but the ghoul would
 26not stop. Luke struggled but was not able to stop the monsters
 27advances. They were coming towards Rogue's window!
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 31{\em Crash!} The window splintered into a thousand fragments and
 32flew everywhere. The muscular fighters traded blows. Blood and vile
 33fluid splattered everywhere. After minutes of fighting it finally
 34seemed that Luke was the winner- the ghoul fell to the ground and
 35cocked his head to the side, his bile vomited across the floor.
 36Luke collapsed to the floor and began to sob, his face disfigured
 37by the shattered glass and powerful blows delivered by the now
 38fallen ghoul, the evil merchant of pain. Rogue ran over to help him
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 43``Luke, it's okay, you won.'' Rogue said, trying to
 44comfort him.
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 46``No, it's just{\ldots} no, I'm one of
 47them!'' Luke screamed as he looked into a mirrored
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 50``No you're not, it's not what you have on the
 51outside that matters Luke; it's what's on the inside.
 52And we both know what you are. You're Luke
 53Bavarious.''
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 55``You{\ldots} you're right. But we can't stay
 56here.'' He pulled himself together and stood up, triumphantly,
 57defying the gods trying to keep him down.
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 61Luke was right, outside more sounds began to stir. The ghouls could
 62smell the evil cocktail of blood and vomit wafting through the broken
 63window, and they were hungry. Luke handed Rogue his spare Beretta.
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 67``I hope you know how to use this,'' he snarled
 68through his clenched teeth. Rogue popped the safety off.
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 72The ghouls poured in through the window. Luke kicked open the
 73apartment door and they both ran to the fire escape.
 74``We're gonna have to go up!'' Rogue said as he saw
 75the advancing horde of darkness.
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 79``What's causing this!? Why is this happening?''
 80Rogue panicked as he fired into the ghouls while climbing the
 81stairs. His bullets landed in their limbs, barely slowing them
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 86``I don't know, but some people say it's the
 87Ozone! Without it, people are transforming into these{\ldots}
 88things! More and more lately! Either that or you just {\em really}
 89pissed someone off!'' Luke unloaded a clip into the closest
 90ghoul's skull; brains flew out of the back of its head like a
 91playdoh press. Images of the horrible dream flashed through
 92Rogue's head.
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 96They circled the top of the fire escape and stepped onto the
 97rooftop. Once there Luke turned his trusted Beretta onto the fire
 98escape itself. {\em Bam, bam, bam,} he shot the retaining bolts
 99loose. With one swift kick he dislodged the staircase, sending it
100and its undead inhabitants to the ground stories below. It was then
101that they observed their situation.
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105The rooftops across the horizon, hundreds of them, were covered in
106ghouls. It wouldn't be long until they found a way onto their
107roof. The blood red sun rose in the distance, casting the shadows
108of the ghouls across the rooftops, giving them an intangible bridge
109to their goal. The flesh of Luke Bavarious and Rogue Davix.
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111Rogue admired his gun with a thousand yard stare.
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115``Two bullets left{\ldots} I guess we're lucky,'' Rogue
116sighed.
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118``That's two more than we're going to need,''
119Luke smirked.
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121``What do you mean?''
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123``You saved my life back there when I was ready to throw in
124the towel. Now it's time I save yours. You don't remember a thing,
125do you?`` Luke paused{\ldots} ''we're getting off of this
126planet.'' Luke shot his Beretta into the air, but the bullet
127stopped inches from where it left the barrel and resonated with a
128metallic thud.
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132Luke's ship appeared from the naked air, the bullet held in
133place by its force field, an impressive blue craft from the
134stars.
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138``Is this{\ldots} the end of Earth?'' Rogue asked.
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140``No, no son. This is only the beginning.''
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144Basking in the clarity of the moment, the fog lifted, Rogue grab\-bed
145onto his father's hand as he pulled him into the ship. Luke
146hit the burners just as the monsters made their way onto the roof,
147turning them into clouds of flying pink mist, their screams silent
148against the engines' roar.
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