Necrosiac 19 (956 hits)
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Submitted by Snark << snarkk.at.gmail.com (View user info) at 2004-09-28 09:25:17 EDT
Go here to find the first 18 starting with "The Death of Mattaius Pitt"
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NECROSIAC 19
"It's not my fault!"
"Matt, I'm not blaming you..."
He could see from the expression on Terri's flushed face that she didn't entirely hold him without blame either.
"Listen... what we found at the shop could be enough to bring this whole mess to an end"
Terri gave him a quick glance then returned her attention to the road in front as she brought the sedan into a power skid around a corner on the return trip to Tasker's house. Pitt braced himself against the force of the turn and focused his thoughts inward. He didn't much like the look she shot at him. He felt righteous about the decisions he'd made earlier that day up till then but that look was making him second guess himself. He found himself wondering if what they'd found was enough... enough to put Tasker and his wife in mortal danger.
"He's tough. He can take care of himself"
Terri didn't bother to acknowledge. She knew as well as him that he'd said it as much for himself as anyone else.
Not knowing what else to do, Pitt pulled his pistol and ejected the clip into his hand then slapped it back into place after a quick check to verify it was full.
"I need you to be with me on this kiddo. This is bigger than you and me. It's bigger than Tasker and his Wife"
Terri frowned at the road ahead and slammed her foot on the accelerator as they shot through a crowded intersection, narrowly missing a stalled minivan.
"All I know is that too many people have died. We have enough blood on our hands after our time in the service. I don't want any more. I'm sorry Matt but I think we fucked up this time"
"He didn't want us to stay"
Terri swore under her breath as she brought the car into a narrow swerve to avoid a taxi pulling into the street in front of her then shot another disquieting look at her partner.
"That doesn't make any difference"
He knew she was right. They shouldn't have left Tasker until they were sure the house was clear. It was one of the simplest rules of the game. Never leave a man behind, no matter what. They'd learned the lesson the hard way in the past and paid a horrible price and now a sinking feeling in his gut told him they might have to pay again.
Terri forced the car into a screeching halt and turned to Matt.
"We're here. How do you want to work this?"
Mattaius holstered his pistol and said "Pop the trunk, we better grab Vests and Boomsticks"
They exited the car and moved towards the trunk but stopped as a woman's shriek sounded from the brick townhouse looming above them.
"Shit! I got the front!"
Mattaius bolted up the steps to the front door and pulled his pistol once again. Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Terri disappearing around the side towards the rear entrance. For a moment he considered pulling his phone to verify when she was ready to enter from the back door but the shriek from within had turned to one long frantic scream of pain.
"No Time"
He turned the knob on the door before him then threw it open and brought his pistol up as it offered no resistance.
The hall before him was thankfully lacking in the glow of magic so he moved into the house quickly, straining his senses to find the exact location of the screams. The intensity of the screams spurred him into reckless action as he moved towards the stairs at the end of the hall with little more than a cursory glance at the kitchen and dining room. He'd heard screams like them before. There was no mistaking the origin of the pain they carried.
Someone was being torn apart.
Within seconds he reached the bottom of the stairs and started up almost at a full run, spurred on by guilt and the fear of what he might find.
Half way up he stopped, caught in a horrible moment of indecision as a frantic yell from Terri sounded from the vicinity of the back yard.
"Freeze! Don't move or I WILL fire on you! Get on the ground NOW!"
For a moment he considered abandoning the stairs in favor of backing up the closest thing to family he had left, but quickly reconsidered as the screaming from upstairs came to a wet gurgling halt.
"TASKER!"
He shouted the name like a war cry as he bolted up the remaining stairs two at a time then rounded the corner and flew to the end of the hall, ignoring the bathroom entrance, and kicked the door to the master bedroom in.
The familiar crack of Terri's pistol sounded out from somewhere out back, then another.
"Fuck!"
He did his best to comfort himself with the knowledge that if she was the one shooting she probably had the upper hand then stepped into the gloomy master bedroom.
Immediately the stomach wrenching sound of wetly ripping flesh drew his attention to the large bed against the left hand wall.
"Tasker?"
The big man's name came out of his throat in a croak as his eyes adjusted to the gloom in the room and confirmed his worst fears.
Before him on the bed the hunched grunting form of Markus Tasker sat astride the mangled remains of his wife and feasted.
Another shot from Terri's pistol echoed through the house followed shortly by a burst of automatic gunfire.
"Oh Jesus, I'm so sorry"
The thing on the bed ignored his feeble apology and continued to tear into the ropy red remains of Anna Tasker, caught in a frenzied bloodlust.
The sound of the battle outside spurred him into action and he brought the sight of his pistol to a spot dead center on Tasker's back and sent a Redeemer to set him free, then turned and crossed to pull open a window in the hope he could provide assistance from where he was.
Half way to the window his peripheral vision caught something on the bed moving and he turned in time to see the gore covered ghoul that was Markus roar with rage and launch itself at him. The force of the impact caught him dead center and off balance. He felt the air punched out of his lungs as they both tumbled across the floor into the wall. Instinctively he brought his free hand up to his attacker's thick muscular neck to keep its gnashing teeth away from his exposed throat then jammed his pistol into its side and squeezed the trigger again.
The pistol bucked in his numbed hand as a muffled shot sounded out and the thing on top of him bellowed in pain, recoiled a second, then renewed its efforts.
An almost paralyzing fear shot through him as he realized the Redeemers weren't doing their job and for a second he felt himself on the verge of sheer panic. The thing that was Markus was much stronger than him and he knew there was no way he could keep it at bay for long. With a growl it grabbed his scalp with one hand and pulled it towards the crimson slobbering hole of its mouth.
Mattaius felt his hair begin to pull away from his head with an audible rip and fired his pistol again.
"GET" *BANG* "THE" *BANG* "FUCK" *BANG* "OFF ME!" *BANG*
With a howl it released its impossibly strong grip from the side of his head long enough for Mattaius to roll it off of him and empty the remainder of his clip into its thrashing form, then drop his pistol and pull the gleaming blade of his knife from its sheath.
The side of his head felt wet and hot and his lungs screamed for air as he forced himself into a defensive crouch, doing his best to prepare for the next onslaught.
The beast on the floor launched itself at him again but he was prepared this time and threw himself down and to the side, swiping out with the blade as it stumbled past. The knife found its mark, cutting deep into its heel and severing the Achilles tendon with a snap, sending it to the floor in a howling spitting heap.
Groggily Mattaius put himself into a crouch again and took a couple steps back, inhaling deeply to force air into his burning deflated lungs.
The thing on the floor stopped thrashing and shot towards him on its hands and knees with a sickening hunger enhanced speed.
Mattaius took another unsure step backwards and felt his spine come into painful contact with the solid frame of the bed. Quickly he glanced to the side for a possible route of escape then turned his head back in time to find it was too late. Once again he took the full force of Tasker's brawn and felt the hard fought for air shoot out of his lungs. Panic took full hold of him and he heard himself scream as he drove his blade into the side of his attacker's side then neck as he weakly brought his free arm up to ward off its gnashing teeth.
With a shriek it punched its slippery blood soaked head through Mattaius weakened defenses and sunk its broad white teeth deep into the exposed meat where his shoulder met his neck.
Mattaius screamed, half in rage, half in defeat and drove his blade into Tasker's ear canal and deep into his brain then mercifully filled his burning lungs with air again as his attacker stood up and howled at the roof. He tried to crawl out from between the twin pillars of its legs but he'd been without oxygen too long and his strength failed him. Weakly he turned his head up and waited for the final fatal attack then cried out in surprise as a gunshot from the bedroom entrance tore the top of Tasker's head off and sent him lifelessly sideways to the floor.
"Matt!"
Terri ran to her sprawled bleeding partner and began to systematically check him for wounds.
"Where are you hurt?"
"Oh shit" he whispered.
"Matt? You have to tell me how bad you're hurt!"
"Oh shit"
The strange look on her partners face drew her gaze to the palm of his hand and the Red Devil Tattoo smiling and giving him the finger.
Mattaius Pitt turned his face to hers, his eyes pained, almost pleading.
"I'm never gonna get laid again" He said, then passed out cold.
User Reviews
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-05-07 14:13:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-06-14 19:09:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
SPIVEY LIVES!
Submitted by Revolutionman (user info) at 2005-05-06 00:10:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Charred (user info) at 2005-03-31 16:43:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Seriously?
Find a publisher.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-03-29 00:23:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
SPIVEY IS SAFE
Submitted by Jo_of_the_golden_P (user info) at 2004-11-29 21:40:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-11-16 16:43:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
spivey is back??
w0000t
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-10-01 13:35:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
After that comes the heart warming tale of a boy and his love affair with the little plastic thing on the end of his shoelace.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-10-01 12:15:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Heya Cryo,
You're not nitpicking at all. The answer is Yes it was Adrian. The details of what happened out back will come in a following story. The next one is going to focus on Lillith and the Pentate. It takes place during the same time period as the episode at Taskers house. The story after that focuses on The Director and Lillith...
Submitted by Cryopaul (user info) at 2004-09-30 22:48:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the best fictional series I've read yet on Ubersite (as long as you don't count Jimbo's Tom series as fiction). Ass kissing aside, I have a couple of questions for you Snark. Was it Adrian that was in the backyard with Terri? If so, then how did she survive it? Or was it just some bad guy like the ones from the antique shop? If it was just some random thug then that would explain the automatic gunfire. But if not, then who had the automatic gun?
Sorry to analyze the story so much, but its in my nature to be a nit-picker (sp?).
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2004-09-29 15:26:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Brilliant. Spivey lives!
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2004-09-28 20:12:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love you. And Spivey. And... Actually, that about covers it.
Submitted by NoahsArk (user info) at 2004-09-28 19:59:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
YES HE LIVES
(spivey that is)
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:53:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yea!
I love this, love your writing, blah blah blah.
I am going back into the dark to nurse my migraine and think happy Spivey thoughts.
Submitted by wazzawazzayo (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:47:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love this series.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:40:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Aphrodites...
Is this someone I know?
Submitted by Aphrodites (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:21:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
this was incredible...keep em coming.
Submitted by Xena (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:17:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Boomstick!!!! LMAO!!! you ROCK!!!!!
Your turn with Spivey was absolutely awesome...if I could give this story a higher ranking I would ;)
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-09-28 12:01:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Spivey's a huge part of the story.
My intention was always to transfer him to Pitt.
Little fucker is just too much fun to write.
Circe,
I figured if anyone knew he was going to be back it would be you.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2004-09-28 11:58:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
HA! Fucking awesome! I KNEW he'd come back!
Submitted by engine13 (user info) at 2004-09-28 11:54:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ahahaha. Spivey's back!
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-09-28 11:46:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Philst,
Thanks bud!
Submitted by Philst82 (user info) at 2004-09-28 11:46:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Words cannot describe how awesome this series is.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2004-09-28 10:23:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Heya Timmah,
Thanks for the heads up. I'll check out 3.
I'm currently not online at home so unfortunately can't IM.
Perhaps in the next few months.
Submitted by Malificent (user info) at 2004-09-28 10:09:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
!!!!!
Submitted by Timmah (user info) at 2004-09-28 10:06:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love you.
When you rated the last part of Devil's holepunch you said you were gonna go find any that you had missed. The only one you missed was part three. IM me on aim TBHECH
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2004-09-28 09:47:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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