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“Ah,” Goodman cries out, as a hooked chain digs
into his hand, and another catches him in the thigh.
“Stay back, please,” he says when Ed rushes toward
him.
“What’s happening?”
“It’s all right, Eddie. This has nothing to do with
you. It’s my own doing. Time to give the devil his due.
They’re taking me out of the world now. Somewhere to
pay the piper for all I’ve done.” He gasps as the chains
pull him to his knees. “They were just waiting for me to
leave my rooms,” he pants. “Nobody could ever find me
there.”
He’s sinking into the floor now, as if it was quicksand.
Ed tries to reach for him, but Green holds him
back.
“Please do what you can for the people here, Eddie,”
Goodman says. “They need you—“
He’s gone.
Blue Palace Hotel, Fifth Floor, West Hallway
September 20, 11:23 p.m.
Scent. Faint. Fear. Taste the air. Somewhere. Near?
Crouch low. Sniff carpet. Yes. Scent. Lick lips. Blood
taste. Growl, growl. Looking. Looking. Door. Go
through door. Scent? Scent? Voice. Person. People.
Not care. Not enemy. Sniff. Listen. Nothing. Look.
Nothing. Strangers. Empty things. Vibrating. Ignore.
Door. Through door. Enemy. Where? Where? Sniff.
Taste. There. Faint. Hate. Follow. Follow. Follow.
Long ago, sun. Long ago, air. Pain. Enemy.
Scent. Scent. Up. Follow trail. Stronger now. Very
near. Listen. Sounds. Voices. Listen. Move closer.
Move slot. Quiet. Sniff air. Taste air. Scent. Yes. Voice.
Yes. Enemy. Lick lips. Growl. Taste blood. Closer.
Closer. Look. Look. People. Voices. Enemy. Enemy.
Yes. Howl. Run.
Now.
HAUNTING THE DEAD
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