When the bones are his, the rest don't matter...
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 13
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
At first Erica's eyes didn't know what they were seeing. Looking down at the tree now soaked in her stomach bile she could make out something in the remnants of her morning breakfast and the cake she had just eaten. Wedged between two branches of the tree was what appeared to be a human skeleton. Like some sort of Halloween decoration it was hanging in the tree. Erica reached down to get a better look at the thing. When she plucked it from between the branches she felt it's center give way and accidentally crushed the ribcage. It had weight even when held by nothing more than her fingers. This was no clean white plastic skeleton from a party supply store. This skeleton was stained grey and had several scraps of what was once articles of clothing hanging off it. Most disturbing off all was what appeared to be tiny chunks of red flesh still attached to the bones like the last bit of fruit on a peach pit. This was real.
Her mind raced with who or what this could possibly be? Maybe some poor soul had been climbing the tree and had been melted when she puked. Could her vomit really be powerful enough to instantly dissolve someone? She wasn't some sort of alien. She was still human. Still holding the corpse in her fingers Erica took a closer look at the tattered bits of clothing hanging off the bones. The little bits she could identify on the torso had once been parts of a denim jacket and on the legs were strips of brown khakis. Her brain absent-mindedly drew a connection. This reminded her of the outfit Cody was wearing before she had left. Then her mind wandered to a dark place. Strange she hadn't seen him in a long time.
"Cody?" She said out loud back to the skeleton in her grasp. Tears beginning to well up again in her eyes.
This daunting realization caused her to drop what was left of her husband's remains on the ground. The fall caused Cody's mostly intact skeleton to shatter strewing bones all along the ground. But Erica just stared blankly ahead. Not only had she'd killed her husband but she caused him the most painful death imaginable. Here lies Cody, nothing but a pile of broken bones. Digested away in his wife's stomach right above their unborn child. This new reality caused Erica to have a psychotic break. Wanting to get away from the macabre scene in front of her as fast as possible she quickly shot up and ran away in a fury causing tremors all around her.
Her mind raced with who or what this could possibly be? Maybe some poor soul had been climbing the tree and had been melted when she puked. Could her vomit really be powerful enough to instantly dissolve someone? She wasn't some sort of alien. She was still human. Still holding the corpse in her fingers Erica took a closer look at the tattered bits of clothing hanging off the bones. The little bits she could identify on the torso had once been parts of a denim jacket and on the legs were strips of brown khakis. Her brain absent-mindedly drew a connection. This reminded her of the outfit Cody was wearing before she had left. Then her mind wandered to a dark place. Strange she hadn't seen him in a long time.
"Cody?" She said out loud back to the skeleton in her grasp. Tears beginning to well up again in her eyes.
This daunting realization caused her to drop what was left of her husband's remains on the ground. The fall caused Cody's mostly intact skeleton to shatter strewing bones all along the ground. But Erica just stared blankly ahead. Not only had she'd killed her husband but she caused him the most painful death imaginable. Here lies Cody, nothing but a pile of broken bones. Digested away in his wife's stomach right above their unborn child. This new reality caused Erica to have a psychotic break. Wanting to get away from the macabre scene in front of her as fast as possible she quickly shot up and ran away in a fury causing tremors all around her.
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