48 The Undying flower. (1/2)
It felt different heading into the forest now, not like in the Jeep, being this exposed to the elements made one truly realise how unadapted human beings really are. Regardless of the extra warm clothes Curt gave them, the cold still came through and made their fingers pain, their jaws clatter. It all looked the same, the only thing that gave them direction was the railroad running to their left, at some points they lost it, either not being able to drive parallel to it due to the trees, or it being broken away so much by time and the elements. Phillip knew all he needed to do was watch the feul needle on the vehicle, if it started getting low, he knew they would start getting close. They crossed the icy rivers, the thick snow, around glaciers, and darn right unforgiving terrain, the witch kept her promise, no wolves came for them, but Phillip could swear everytime he checked his six he saw the glowing eyes of something following them, it was eerie, the noise of the struggling snowmobiles somehow gave them peace, drowning out any sound that might send their hearts racing. When the needle was well below half, Phillip started looking ahead to see if he couldn't find some sighn of the mine, but it was just trees upon trees. A while longer his engine gave its first cough, signalling its now breathing fumes, not drinking gas. Benson's snowmobile would still have alittle more gas, him being a heavier set man gave the rear tracks more traction, so Phillip beeped his horn, Benson first glanced back to make sure Phillip didn't want to floor it, but halted when he signaled to stop.
”Dont get off” Phillip came in next to him.
”Im going to load my stuff on yours, then get on with you. How much gas do you have left?”
”Quarter tank”
”Good” Phillip loaded his gear over onto Benson's then without touching the ground jumped over.
”Go” he tapped Benson's shoulder. They headed on, the tracks of the snowmobile now worked better, and the vehicle didn't struggle as much, after another half an hour the old spooky mine came into view, it stood in such a way that it seemed built into the side of a steep hill, about two hundred meters away from it the snowmobile died.
”And now?” Phillip asked.
”The feul is done” Benson said, so far, yet so close.
”What now?” Benson asked.
'Now it gets interesting' The voice said and the howles of wolves came out of the forest.
”Run Benson! To the mine!” Phillip yelled and they both dismounted, Phillip grabbed the bags knowing Benson won't be able to run quick enough with them, but still Phillip overtook him.
”Keep running! Dont stop!” Phillip yelled as he passed, he took a quick glance at the mine building and saw doors, he threw the bags towards them and fired at the locks with the AK, then turned to Benson who was screaming his lungs out. Behind the tubby man the shadows of the wolves were hot on his tail.
”Dont stop Benson!” He screamed aimed and fired, the bullets zinged past Benson taking out any wolf that dared come too close, Phillip started walking forward and when Benson approached Phillip yelled.
”Go into the doors, drag the bags with you!”
When Benson passed him he switched to full auto and ripped loose, trying as much as he could to count the shots in his head, so he could time his reload. Benson grabbed the bags and fell through the doors ”Im in!”
Phillip turned and ran into the open doors, when the two men slammed the doors shut behind them, the noise of the huge pack of wolves was suddenly gone, they only heard themselves breathing uncontrollably.
”What, the fuck!?” Benson asked backing away from the door, Phillip saw a lever lock and slid it across to lock both the doors, he even found the two rods at the feet of the doors and locked them to the ground, but before he could stand up the doors shattered in the middle, that skinless wolf's head came through and snapped its jaws at a fleeing Phillip. Benson screamed falling to the ground, Phillip had a grenade pulled and threw it to the monster, it opened its jaws and caught it.
”Grenade!!!” Phillip screamed, both he and Benson dove away to cover. The explosion was a 'clunk' followed by the sound of spurting blood and bone scattering everywhere, the monstrous wolf now with no head could still produce noise as its larynx was still in tact, but now the noise came through a collapsed windpipe and it sounded sickening.
”Fuck! What the fuck is that thing!?” Benson screamed. The wolf withdrew itself from the hole in the doors and ran off.
”How the fuck is it still alive!?” Benson kept screaming, tears welled in his eyes.
”Come Benson! We must move!” Phillip yelled grabbing the bags, they headed for a staircase and climbed. They went up as high as they could untill they found themselves in a small six by four room, it looked like it was used for storage.
”I saw...” Benson heaved breathless ”An opening into the mines, shouldn't we... Go in there...”
”No, there's too much dangers there” Phillip phanted ”it could collapse, or we could get lost”
”So we are trapped here?”
”At least we're not dead yet” Phillip took out Benson's AK and handed it to him, then took out the settle charges and claymores.
”Wait here, im going to set traps” Phillip slowly headed down, listening for movement, nothing inside, but outside, through a window he saw the headless wolf still aimlessly running around. He placed claymores down strategically, then the last staircase he planed the settle charge. Back in the storage room he found Benson sitting in a corner, having the AK ready.
”Now, we wait”
”For what!?”
”I don't know yet” Phillip looked out the small window, he saw the snowmobile still standing with its light on, around it, those corpse like wolves strolled, also seeming to have an aimlessness about them.
'You, made, it' He heard a voice behind him, Phillip flung around and saw the syluette between him and Benson, the violet eyes visable inside the smoke.
”Yes, so? Where are my father and Suzette?”
She gave a giggle 'You made it here, but you still haven't survived the night'
”You bitch!” He yelled and fired at her, but she vanished and the bullets struck the wooden wall right above Benson.
”Fuck! Are you crazy!?”
”She was right there!? Didn't you see her!?”
”Who!? The witch!?”
”Yes!”
”What the flying fuck! I didn't fucking see her!”
An eerie laugh filled the room, this time they both heard it.
'I have you both now... It was never my intention to target Benson, frankly, he would be too easy... To crack'
”Fuck! Who's that!?”
”Thats her you imbecile! Isn't it fokkin obvious!?”
”What the fuck does she mean i wasn't her target!?”
”You heard her! You'll just go crazy much quicker!”
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”So you lead me to my death...!”
'The wolf... That normal one you saw in the cabin... That was your test Benson, and you proved to me you have a weak mind, a strong minded person like Phillip wouldn't have seen it”
”Fuck you! You fucking bitch!” Benson yelled, Phillip dove down just in time as Benson started firing the AK in all directions.
”Benson stop!” Phillip yelled ”Shes screwing with you!”
Benson stopped shooting, the empty cartridges still klinked on the wooden floor. Then the sounds of the wolves outside started escalating again. The witch laughed.
'Now they know, where you are'
”Fuck! Oh fuck were done for!” Benson yelled falling back into a corner.
'Its such a shame' The voice was in Phillip's ear, he swung a fist but hit nothing, instead behind him stood Suzette, still with one arm missing, her eyes teared up.
”Phillip? Why? Why did you leave me in that room?”
”I... I...” He couldn't believe what he saw, the blood still dripping from her arm.
”You left me... To go be wit Anna!?” She screamed. To Phillip's shock she turned into a wolf and dove towards him, he screamed and fell but shook awake from the nightmare... A nightmare, he sat up and saw Benson still sitting in the corner.
”What the fok happened!?”
”Nothing so far” Benson said sounding uneasy.
”Nothing!? I was asleep!”
”Yes! You sat down for a while and fell asleep”
”Benson! Stop fokking around! Why would you allow me to sleep at a time like this!?”
”I just thought it best you were rested out! I would have woken you if i heard something!”
Phillip grunted and stood up, but came face to face with a large black wolf, Benson was the first to scream and fire, Phillip backed off and fired aswell, but both men hit nothing, there was no wolf.