Things had started out so well, so pleasant. Middle aged lovers on a jaunt,a harmless adventure.
Now everything was wrong.
He glanced up at the ring of faces lit by the flickering green glow from the control panel.
Greed. He could see their brains trying to rework the facts,mauling the reality. Putting together a story that would make it sane to go on.
But way down deep. Down in the cerebral cortex where we keep the bits and pieces we still share with the lizards and rats,they all knew. The rat brain was screaming,get out get out right now.
Something immense and alien was lurking just out of sight. He had the feeling that if he just looked the right way,lined up the facts in the right order or maybe just glanced at the right time out of the corner of his eyes it would reveal it's self. Perhaps if he remained perfectly still and really concentrated he might hear ...what?
The nights were feverish and restless,he hadn't had a good night's sleep in months. Dreams, dreaming about the dead.
They worked through the days in a stumbling daze avoiding each others eyes and drinking too much.
But there was no going back.Too much money had been spent People had died and even if they could pull themselves away, the folks they had fallen in with wouldn't let them leave not now they knew too much.But a Florida swamp should not be cold and the smell what the hell was that.
Only God could help them now.
But the Gods of this place weren't merciful.No baby Jesus meek and mild here, only hungry Gods that liked their food warm and twitching and full of blood.
And now she was pregnant and that was truly horrifying.
Now everything was wrong.
He glanced up at the ring of faces lit by the flickering green glow from the control panel.
Greed. He could see their brains trying to rework the facts,mauling the reality. Putting together a story that would make it sane to go on.
But way down deep. Down in the cerebral cortex where we keep the bits and pieces we still share with the lizards and rats,they all knew. The rat brain was screaming,get out get out right now.
Something immense and alien was lurking just out of sight. He had the feeling that if he just looked the right way,lined up the facts in the right order or maybe just glanced at the right time out of the corner of his eyes it would reveal it's self. Perhaps if he remained perfectly still and really concentrated he might hear ...what?
The nights were feverish and restless,he hadn't had a good night's sleep in months. Dreams, dreaming about the dead.
They worked through the days in a stumbling daze avoiding each others eyes and drinking too much.
But there was no going back.Too much money had been spent People had died and even if they could pull themselves away, the folks they had fallen in with wouldn't let them leave not now they knew too much.But a Florida swamp should not be cold and the smell what the hell was that.
Only God could help them now.
But the Gods of this place weren't merciful.No baby Jesus meek and mild here, only hungry Gods that liked their food warm and twitching and full of blood.
And now she was pregnant and that was truly horrifying.
