A Call to Action
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 21
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
Debbie and Beth ran out into the parking lot and hopped into Beth's hot pink convertible. If Debbie had to hazard a guess it probably cost more than all her years of medical school combined.
"Hang on." Beth said before she punched the gas and drove out the campus gates.
The pair of women sped down the roads with a healthy disregard for local speed limits. By the looks of things the police had much bigger issues to deal with than issuing speeding tickets. The two were forced to slow down as they came to what was normally a busy roadway now an eerie ghost town.
Uprooted trees were thrown about. Large foot prints littered the ground. Worse of all, all around the road a dozen empty cars sat motionless with no sign of the drivers.
"They must have abandoned their cars and ran for it when they saw the giant woman." Beth said sheepishly.
Debbie admired her husband's assistant's child like naiveté. Debbie however saw the signs of what really went down here.
A few vehicles were crushed flat with distinct mix of red and black ooze pooled around them. Some cars had the roofs ripped off and now teetered on their sides like they had been haphazardly thrown. Their interior showing several deep gashes as if my by claws. Crimson streaks of red painted several cars leaving behind a few horrifying hand prints. Debbie even noticed a blue Honda covered in a thick goop and with what look like giant bite marks.
Despite all the signs Debbie couldn't bring herself to point out all the evidence of death staring them in the face. Instead the two just sat in somber silence continued to slowly move forward until the finally put the area behind them.
Debbie and Beth drove on, now back on track. Beth turned on the radio in an attempt to lighten the mood. Every channel was filled with sightings of Erica in the area, reports from scenes of her attacks, or call ins from survivors. Debbie quickly shut it off.
As the women neared Steve's location there was a buzz in the console. It was Beth's phone. Beth quickly put it into speaker mode before she answered.
"Hi Daddy."
"Beth honey. My God are you okay?" Said the overly gruff but concerned voice on the other end.
"Yes I'm fine."
"Are you somewhere safe? Are you still at the lab? Oh no. Don't tell me your with that lunatic Jordan?"
"No I'm not with Steve. But I'm heading his way. He needs my help and were gonna fix this."
"Beth dear you know I love you, but you have to understand when I say there is no fixing this. Too much has happened. My reputation is ruined and I should've never gotten you involved in all this. Turn around and come home now."
"Daddy, you yourself said how important Dr. Jordan's work was and that's why you invested in him, and in me. Steve needs our help now more than ever."
"That was before he unleashed a giant man eating mental case onto the town!"
"It's not his fault. I don't have time to explain. I'm with Mrs. Jordan and we're gonna take care of this. Don't worry Daddy everything is under control."
"Beth keep your eyes on the road!" Debbie screamed in the background before the call cut out.
"Hang on." Beth said before she punched the gas and drove out the campus gates.
The pair of women sped down the roads with a healthy disregard for local speed limits. By the looks of things the police had much bigger issues to deal with than issuing speeding tickets. The two were forced to slow down as they came to what was normally a busy roadway now an eerie ghost town.
Uprooted trees were thrown about. Large foot prints littered the ground. Worse of all, all around the road a dozen empty cars sat motionless with no sign of the drivers.
"They must have abandoned their cars and ran for it when they saw the giant woman." Beth said sheepishly.
Debbie admired her husband's assistant's child like naiveté. Debbie however saw the signs of what really went down here.
A few vehicles were crushed flat with distinct mix of red and black ooze pooled around them. Some cars had the roofs ripped off and now teetered on their sides like they had been haphazardly thrown. Their interior showing several deep gashes as if my by claws. Crimson streaks of red painted several cars leaving behind a few horrifying hand prints. Debbie even noticed a blue Honda covered in a thick goop and with what look like giant bite marks.
Despite all the signs Debbie couldn't bring herself to point out all the evidence of death staring them in the face. Instead the two just sat in somber silence continued to slowly move forward until the finally put the area behind them.
Debbie and Beth drove on, now back on track. Beth turned on the radio in an attempt to lighten the mood. Every channel was filled with sightings of Erica in the area, reports from scenes of her attacks, or call ins from survivors. Debbie quickly shut it off.
As the women neared Steve's location there was a buzz in the console. It was Beth's phone. Beth quickly put it into speaker mode before she answered.
"Hi Daddy."
"Beth honey. My God are you okay?" Said the overly gruff but concerned voice on the other end.
"Yes I'm fine."
"Are you somewhere safe? Are you still at the lab? Oh no. Don't tell me your with that lunatic Jordan?"
"No I'm not with Steve. But I'm heading his way. He needs my help and were gonna fix this."
"Beth dear you know I love you, but you have to understand when I say there is no fixing this. Too much has happened. My reputation is ruined and I should've never gotten you involved in all this. Turn around and come home now."
"Daddy, you yourself said how important Dr. Jordan's work was and that's why you invested in him, and in me. Steve needs our help now more than ever."
"That was before he unleashed a giant man eating mental case onto the town!"
"It's not his fault. I don't have time to explain. I'm with Mrs. Jordan and we're gonna take care of this. Don't worry Daddy everything is under control."
"Beth keep your eyes on the road!" Debbie screamed in the background before the call cut out.
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