Adrienne

7 - In a Butcher's Lair (Part II)

Another friend dead.

We were finally far from him. Not even a single chainsaw noise was heard. Abigail was still crying through, because we couldn't keep Adam with us. I tried to comfort her but it slightly worked.

"Now I finally understood why Adrienne left us..." said Abigail, "You wouldn't consider me to be a bitch, do you?" She looked at me once she asked that question.

"Abby, no guy like me would want to call you that." I said, ironically. "But you were when you started picking on Adrienne."

"I did felt it. When you were giving a lecture earlier, the deep regrets came." she said, feeling bad for herself, "What now? Are we gonna be stuck here in this shitty basement or find someone else we know?"

"I think we're gonna find others first, I can't leave them here in some asylum looking basement." I said, "How did you guys even ended up here anyway?"

"It's a long story, but remember when I said this phrase 'someone else we know' earlier?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

"After all that earthquake, we ended up here, with Kevin."

I was shocked, "Wait, Kevin is here too? When was the last time you saw him?"

"Back at that jail, he was with us. He was actually the first one to be taken by that butcher. I forgot to tell you that the monster you guys knew earlier was an actual butcher. Of course he looked human but... I don't know where he took him. He was beaten up before being dragged by him."

"Do you know where his sister was?"

"I don't know... I really... really don't know." She still had the sorrowed look on her face.

"Okay... but Kevin must be around here somewhere."

Out of the blue, a moan was heard. It wasn't a sexual one, it sounded like a traumatised moaning. "What was that?" she asked, then it was heard again. "Damien... I'm feeling... scared..."

Then I recognised the voice of that moan. "Wait a sec... it sounded like... Kevin..."

"I think I recognised that sound too, maybe it is him, but where could he be?" When she asked, there was a metal door. We went closer to it and saw the sign labelled 'Meat Storage' on top. We heard the moans again, it was louder when we went close. It is Kevin inside there.

I touched the door handle, it was freezing. I opened the door and saw rows of large meats hanged with a hook. "Kevin?" I said as we entered, "Fuck... it's cold here."

"It's a meat storage like every other butcher who has it in their place, what do you expect?"

"Shh..." I hushed her, "Hear the moans, he's nearby." There were many rows and columns, as if it was countless. We were walking into the hanged area and started searching for him. The moans were heard again, I think we are closer to him. "We're getting closer, just keep walking until we found him."

Abigail saw a human body, which was slit and bleeding, hanged upside down. "Eek! They store human corpses here too?!"

"Human who?" I asked. I saw the shirtless body with its head covered in a sack. "Um... Abby, I think that's him."

"Damien...? Is that you?" said Kevin slowly, as if he was unconscious, whose head was covered and voice sounded muffled due to the bag. We both approached him.

"Yeah, it's me. I'm gonna get you outta here. I got Abigail with me." I said. I unveiled his face by taking off the sack. He looked sick and unconscious. He has a scar on his right cheek and blood on his forehead. "Oh shit..."