Disease

by Never Explain

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I shook my head.

He can’t do this.

“Tell me he hasn’t gotten this far.” I said, half to mysefl, half to Detective Redmon.

“He has.” Detective Redmon said, the grim look on his face darkening.

“He can’t have furthered the disease this far need fresh tissue like this.” I said, looking at the organs still pulse with life while the rat’s eyes where ripped out and the mouth hung open in bleak surprise.

“Looks like he has, and we are too late.” Detective redmon said. “We are doomed. Quarantine the area.”

I looked at the blood spattered on the linoleum floor as the empty eye socket stared me in the face.

Death was looking at me.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    The dialog in that fifth paragraph eludes me. Otherwise a nice, close-up view of a larger problem/tragedy/horror.
    LoA

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    kells' Buddy Icon kells

    Posted 2 months ago

    Yeah, I agree with THX , there’s some funny wording going on, you may need to check that out. Besides that, though, this sounds really intriguing! Is this the beginning of a longer story, or just a one-shot?

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    Never Explain's Buddy Icon Never Explain

    Posted 2 months ago

    This is a one-shot

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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    OOO reminds me of I am Legend! Pretty scary stuff.
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    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 2 months ago

    Cool little idea, if not done before. Though I do like where you took the picture – and especially how you described it.

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