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Rated R for violence.

“Point of No Return, Part V”

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He was getting closer. He could smell them. He didn’t know how far he’d just run, and he wasn’t sure where he was. Not that he cared. There was only thought in his brain.

Meat!

He stopped abruptly at the opening to the under-dark and hunkered down on all fours, listening. It was difficult to focus, between his own hunger and the still voice that hummed in his ears. He realized he was panting. Difficult to sneak around like that, so he held his breath and went inside, crawling on spindly limbs like a pale spider stalking its trapped prey.

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The front door opened with a creak. The keys jingled lightly in the lock as Sunyi peered into the dark living room.

“Guys?” she said softly. There was no answer but the steady patter of the rain outside. A feeling of dread suddenly washed over her, and she didn’t know why. She flicked the wall switch, but no light came. Only the empty darkness greeted her.

Sunyi ventured cautiously into the apartment, leaving the door open to allow the soft blue light from the street to illuminate the room. She gripped her umbrella like a spear, her shoulders tense with the fear of…she wasn’t sure what. She made her way to the kitchen, then the den; both were empty. She turned and headed for Kai’s room.

As she passed the main hallway, a sudden wind drew the front door shut with a slam. Sunyi jumped. She held her breath and continued in total darkness, her eyes wide open more from fear than from making any effort to see. On occasion, she imagined this is what death felt like; eyes open but not seeing, ears listening but not hearing, feeling nothing but the black all a