Murder Recall

Another Life

"Sindy continued reading Another Life:

"Then Shea saw something which, as she approached, alarmed her - somebody on the ground. Something was very, very wrong and she rushed towards the someone fallen forward with a horrible mass of blood on their back. Shea rushed to the victim, put her hand firmly on the wound, blocking the blood from bleeding out and turned around the small body, a child?

"Then she saw the victim's face. A feminine face, with enormous eyes, slanting upward at the outsides, black with no whites showing, open with tears collecting. Such a kind face, with a tiny nose, mouth and pointy chin. A child she seemed and Shea drew closer to her.

"Something hit Shea in the back, she was yanked upwards and pushed by a rifle jammed between her shoulder blades. Then a deep voice commanded, 'Stay still' and backed a short distance away. 'Turn to me slowly,' he said. She did and looked at him focused on her, a very big man with a snarly dog. His eyes looked away from her, just for a fraction of an instance, towards the victim on the ground and Shea leapt like lightening at his neck. He barely got the rifle in her chest in time, shocked at how fast Shea reacted. The dog was barking furiously. The man had been about to ensure the victim was thoroughly dead, but now that Shea had almost killed him, he could not take his full focus of attention off Shea at all. He recognized in her that amazing potential for killing someone, just as a squirrel, if necessary, can jump and nip through a person's jugular in less time it takes to blink an eye.

"He bound her arms behind her back so tightly that it hurt and he bound her ankles such that she could only take short steps and he gagged her. 'Go,' he commanded, shoving her with the gun, the dog growling menacingly, showing big teeth. They headed inland, leaving the victim alone on the ground. It was late afternoon.

"Shea fell on a slippery rock, nearly knocking her teeth out but as she turned somewhat to get up, her back was for a moment out of her captor's vision and she was able to find the knot holding her wrists together. Other opportunities such as this presented themselves as she stumbled here and there because of being bound. Gradually she was loosening the knot and her captor never noticed even though he was keeping his eye on her at all times.

"They walked quite a few hours in the same direction and the sun would soon set. Up and down hills and through several smaller valleys, some with a trickling creek at the bottom. The ground was getting gooier and becoming treacherous. It was slippery with oily liquid. They passed little ponds of it and deadly areas with black bogs like quick sand. There were dead animals and birds, covered with black oozy grease, drowning in sludge. It stank of death. It was getting darker in the forest. They kept walking and came up a larger hill as the sun was setting and through the trees the sky lit up with red and purple.

"They climbed the steep hill to a group of four cabins, all identically constructed on a flat area near the top, surrounded by forest. They entered one, Shea being pushed in front. Especially the gag was hurting her. A woman faced them, dressed like a doctor or scientist, armed, wearing a white lab coat.

"The woman smiled and said, 'Did you complete the assignment?'

"'And more obviously,' Shea's captor answered.

"'Very good,' the woman replied 'You will be well paid for it, outside, Leave her with me.' As soon as he left, there were two loud shots and a different man, the technician, came in.

"The technician took Shea outside, pushing her forward with his rifle, just like her captor had. Two other people were dragging away the dead man and dog. Then the technician forced Shea flat down on a wooden door that was suddenly visible in the long grass. He held her down with one hand and opened the other side of the cellar door and pushed her in roughly. She fell about four feet. Boom, oh how it hurt. She had landed partially on someone else who was terrified. The cellar was about six foot square, dark, but for rays of light shining through tiny cracks in the door. The other person squirmed and was muttering something, touching Shea. The person had small hands and wriggled the knot open behind Shea's back. Immediately, Shea ripped away the sticky gag. As Shea took off the ties around her legs, she hugged the woman, thanking her and asking 'Who are you?'