They Bite

Chapter 17- Unconscious

??? POV

I wasn’t surprised when the girl killed the monster, she had shown a power, well at least one we could use. I was more surprised at how Mark let the girl before her live. But I remembered what he had said just after he allowed her to live,

‘This next girl could be the single most important person to us if we are interested in getting his place up and running, If we can get her friend here on our side, she won’t be planning on leaving any time soon, or ever, and that’s why I need you to make sure she is on our side.’

Crap. Another one to look after.

Mel POV

My eyes shot open.

I was staring right into a bright light. It took me a couple seconds to process anything so I just lay there staring at the light for a couple of seconds before I squinted and tried to hold my hand up to shield my eyes from the light. But my arms wouldn’t rise above a few centimetres off the bed. I turned my head and saw my arm tied down to the metal railings of the bed I was laying on.

“Shit she’s awake. Inject the hallucinogens,” an unfamiliar voice whispered. I couldn’t see her because of the blinding light but I could tell from her voice that she was female.

“Are you sure this is gunna work, she’s not meant to be awake yet,” another unfamiliar voice whispered back. This other voice was male.

“Wha-” I tried to say but I was cut off by a sharp pain in my inner elbow and then a burning sensation spreading through my arm and into my brain. I tried to scream but someone shoved something in my mouth and taped over it.

Suddenly I wasn’t in the room with the bright lights and strangers, but in a park with Niki, I saw her already on the swings and I was standing there watching her. I remembered this, we were five. This was a couple weeks after we first met. I looked down and saw he ground much closer than I was used to. I still felt and remembered myself on the metal bed. It was very disorienting.

“Come on Mel,” Niki said, she had stopped swinging and was staring at me curiously. I didn’t remember this, and it scared me a little.

At the back of my head I heard the female voice whispering, “Yes! It’s working.”

Behind the swing there was a homeless person sitting on a bench. I started walking towards the swing until the homeless guy turned around revealing that he was actually a corpse. Then I started running. Trying to protect five year old Niki. She screamed as he grabbed her and I reached her just in time to tear the corpses rotting hands off her. Then I used my power, that I didn’t really understand myself, to kill it.

“Yes, yes, YES!” the female voice at the back of my head exclaimed, “Quick go get Mark.”

I turned to five year old Niki and kneeled down to her level, she was laying on the ground in the fetal position.