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slackerpride.The_Area_t.tex

  1\chapauth{slackerpride}
  2\chapter{The Area the Moon Ignored}
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  6The moon was glowing, sending its light all over the town. All over
  7the town except for one part. That was where Detective Luke
  8Bavarius heading.
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 12The calls came in tonight --- like they had every night for the
 13last ten years. ``Officers,'' the voices said, ``I
 14saw something in the darkness{\ldots}maybe a man, I'm not sure.''
 15``Ya gotta believe me Mac, there is something dark going on
 16there.'' ``It maybe occult related, I've read
 17articles!'' No one ever cared enough to believe it, but the
 18Chief's patience with the never ending calls finally came to an end
 19tonight.
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 23The same day his patience with Detective Bavarius ended also.
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 27The sounds of his shoes hitting the pavement made a rhythm that
 28sounded eerily like a heartbeat. {\em Good}, thought Bavarius,
 29{\em now I won't have to listen to mine} . Bavarius' reached into
 30his pocket and felt the cold steel of his Beretta on his skin. He
 31didn't want to have to use it, but he was ready to. {\em That's why I
 32go to the gun range}, Bavarius thought grinning to himself. His
 33teeth glowing like the moon.
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 37Suddenly, it started raining. The sky vomited it's tears on
 38Bavarius, thankfully he was wearing his hat. {\em Never leave home
 39without it}, Bavarius mused. It was coming down in sheets, like
 40cats and dogs, and it made everything slick --- except for
 41Bavarius' vision, which was as sharp as ever.
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 45Chief didn't see that. Chief didn't see anything, except for the
 46bottom of a brown bottle. No one else knew but Bavarius and he
 47never said anything to anyone. He had caught chief one night
 48outside the back of McLeary's puking his guts out maybe ten years
 49ago. It was tinged rust colored, no doubt a horrible cocktail of
 50bloody Mary mix and blood most foul. Bavarius and him locked eyes
 51--- and ever since then they've been at each others
 52throats.
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 56Suddenly, he was on the outskirts of the dark part of town. New
 57York City was big, but there were parts that were small. This was
 58one of those parts. Bavarius took a step into the darkness ---
 59his heartbeat stopping and blood chilling his body. Things were
 60different here. They were strange. This was the area the moon
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 65That grip around his gun was tight now. Bavarius pulled down his
 66hat, shielding his face from the rain that was falling. He wanted a
 67cigarette but remembered he quit last week. {\em Damn}, Bavarius
 68thought, {\em a Chesterfield would do me good now}. But there was
 69no time for smoke right now, Bavarius had to keep his vision sharp.
 70But it was hard, because it was dark. There was no light. The moon
 71even ignored this area of town.
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 75Then, off to his left, near a diminutive pile of offal storage,
 76there was a rattle. It sounded like a chain, but Bavarius wasn't
 77sure. His one strength, vision was compromised by the darkness of
 78the moonless section of city. The rain fell, filling his ears with
 79constant buzzing like someone was selling bees nearby at discounted
 80prices. {\em Crazy thought}, Bavarius thought, {\em but this is New
 81York City --- anything is possible}.
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 85``I agree Detective Luke Bavarius, a voice came from the pile
 86of rotting smelly garbage and various garbage cans.
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 90``Who is there?''
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 94``Oh Bavarius, I think you know me well.''
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 98``Listen,'' Bavarius said gruffly, ``I'm not above
 99firing a shot into those cans. It's dark here and no one will see
100anything.''
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104``He will. He knows everything I know.''
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108``Who is he,'' Bavaruis asked cocking his gun. {\em What's
109going on}, Bavarius thought glancing from side to side. The
110academy hadn't trained him to deal with hell on Earth.
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114``You wish to know what is going on{\ldots}I can read those
115thoughts well. I was born with this gift{\ldots}though some might call
116it a curse.''
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120``You can read my thoughts?''
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124``I can see into the dark corners of your soul Bavarius
125--- mind reading is but a minor talent.''
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129``No bother asking then. Just tell me what's going
130on.''
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134There was a laugh, a hellish laugh that rang off the dark walls
135like a booming sonic boom from a low flying jet airplane. There was
136more rattling and Bavarius now wished he had that cigarette so he
137could shine some light on the area. There was more rattling frOm
138that area.
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142``Just come out --- if you're going to kill me, let me see
143you first,'' Bavarius bartered with the thing from the
144trash.
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148Laughing the thing thus spoke, ``Very well{\ldots}you shall see me
149and know where I come from.''
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153The can rattled once more and then, as if on cue, a nearby broken
154street light flickered to life. It wasn't a lot of light but enough
155to stun Bavarius to his soul. He --- or it --- dragged
156itself from behind the can. It was no more then three feet tall.
157There were no eyes.
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161``I need not eyes Bavarius --- I see
162everything.''
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166The street light flickered off again.
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170``Jesus,'' Bavarius garbled out of his cracked open and
171dry mouth.
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175``Not even close.''
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179The creature was red and looked like walking vomit mixed with bits
180of trash. It smelled like a horrible combination of garbage, vomit,
181death and dank darkness. If it wasn't for the constant stream of
182rain washing his shocked face, Bavarius' eyes would be blinded with
183fear tears.
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187``That's right, that night you saw the Chief vomiting, that's
188when I was born. You see he is not human nor am I. He is my father
189--- a creature from the depth of an unimaginable hell ---
190he birthed me that moonless night. You are the only person to know
191our secret. You will be the only one to ever know. Because,
192Detective Bavarius, you shall die tonight.''
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196And then the creature made his way towards him, quick like a sly
197brown fox. Bavarius squeezed the trigger and felt the recoil as he
198sent six bullets towards the approaching creature. The bullets tore
199through the walking vomit and shattered into the garbage cans
200behind him. Laughing, the creature kept coming forward.
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204Bavarius wanted to run --- his every instinct wanted him to do
205it --- but his cop's instincts took over. He was going to stay
206and fight even if it meant death. Bavarius dropped his gun, took
207off his hat and threw his trench-coat on the floor. He rolled up
208his sleeves and glared at the creature like a beast gone
209wild.
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213``Let's death dance you nasty bastard,'' Bavarius
214growled, the hair on his neck rising.
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218``A foolish mistake.''
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222And then the creature leapt like a dancer towards Bavarius. This
223thing was growling, shooting his nasty breath towards Bavarius. But
224Bavarius didn't move. He was determined to catch this thing and
225body slam it to the cold wet concrete if possible. Perhaps he could
226cuff it before the thing got away.
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230Suddenly, as if God flipped a switch, the area the moon ignored was
231awash in moonlight. A beam of it hit Bavarius' badge which hung
232from his neck like a necklace. That beam hit the creature and it's
233manic laughing changed into horrid screaming. Before it reached
234Bavarius and possiblY killed him, it erupted like a fireworks
235display.
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239The bloody vomit creature spattered all over Bavarius's face and
240body. His white shirt was now rusty looking with blobs of trash
241sticking to it. Bavarius could taste it --- not just the
242creature's gooey body but impending revenge.
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246The rain let up and the moon disappeared behind some clouds.
247Bavarius placed his fedora back on his head and put his jacket back
248on. He also reached down and grabbed his gun. Feeling inside his
249jacket pocket, he felt something. Bavarius pulled it out --- it
250was his last cigarette from last week. It would taste gross, but
251Bavarius was already knee deep in gross. He struck a match and lit
252it up.
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256Cocking his Baretta, Bavarius stood and grinned. He knew what he
257must do next. He knew it was going to be ugly. He took a nice long
258drag from his stale smoke and exhaled. He placed that loaded gun
259back into his rain soaked jacket pocket.
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263``I'm coming for you Chief.'' 
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