Everyone has their phone on silent, right? We don’t want to make too much noise, says Kei. Right, says Pincer. So, which direction should we go? Left or right? asks Mary. Kei goes to take a look at the map. If we go to the right, the route outside is shorter. And from there, we can go by the river bank to the other entrance, says Kei. But why not go back in and then follow the route to the left? asks Mary. I was thinking that if we were to go out that way, we might find something, explains Kei. I don’t like this, says Ram. You don’t have to like it, says Mary. Don’t worry, I don’t like it either, says Pincer. Wait, says Mary. What? asks Pincer. Before we leave. What’s our plan? she asks. I don’t know. You are the police. You should know how to act in any given situation, says Kei. So, we’re going blind again, sighs Mary. It’s not like we have a choice, says Ram. We do though. We could ask for back up or someone to meet us there, says Mary. Kei pulls Mary to the side. Indeed, but we just might alert the rat and then we’d setup our own trap, he whispers to her. Fine, let’s go, says Mary. What did he say to her? asks Pincer. Ram shrugs and follows the two.
Call them immediately back! says Wasa. On it, says Ken as he calls Kei again. The phone rings and rings. Nothing. He’s not answering, says Ken. Fuck! We will have to look for them somehow or we need to quickly catch X and Yellow, says Wasa. Can’t we trace their phones? asks Ken. Even if we could, if they’re in the sewers, it won’t show us the right location or it might not show us any of their locations at all, explains Wasa. What’s our best option then? asks Ken. To try and catch those two, says Wasa. By the way, he continued, how did you two get back here? asks Wasa. They blindfolded us, handcuffed us, put us in two separate cars and tied us to the chairs so we couldn’t do anything stupid. Then we were dropped off at separate ends of the same intersection. I tried to take a photo of their car or number plate, but it was too blurry, says Ken. But do you have the timestamp on that photo? asks Wasa. We might find them on the cameras, says Wasa. Yes, here, says Kena s he hands the phone over to Wasa. Where’s your car? asks Wasa. That’s a bad idea, since they might track us, says Ken. Well, that means no taxi and neither one of our cars, says Wasa. And no public transport either, says Ken. And not many we can trust, says Wasa. Or, we can disable the tracker from one of our cars, says Ken. Do you know how to do that? asks Wasa. No, but it can’t be that hard to figure out, says Ken. Good, you do that. And I’m gonna keep looking for those two, says Wasa.
By the way, are we just gonna gloss over what Kei said about abducting criminals to test on them? asks Pincer. No, but what do you want us to say or do? It’s not like we know where they keep the criminals, right? Or like we’d have a way to track them, says Mary. And besides, even if it is true, it means that they’re not yet there with the tech. So we might still have some time left before they can replicate what happened ten years ago, says Kei. But what if we don’t? asks Pincer. What do you mean? asks Ram. Don’t you all remember what happened ten years ago? The deaths didn’t start all at once, it was a gradual. It started with one and it slowly snowballed into a billion over twenty four hours, says Pincer. So you’re thinking that Scorpian was the first and that soon they’ll be another billion. But if that were the case why weren’t there any reports of others? asks Mary. That means that he was either a test subject or he was killed by mistake, says Kei. But also, why would you want to recreate what happened ten years ago? asks Ram. Why wouldn’t you? asks Pincer. If you are going to replicate it, and be public about it, you are going in the history books as the one that managed to kill the immortals, explains Kei. And besides, who knows if these are the same guys from ten years ago, says Mary. Or if it’s a copycat, says Kei. This is fucked, says Ram as he looks at the exit from the sewers.
If you liked this episode of The Horrorscope then don’t forget to like, share and comment. If you want to keep the short stories free and want more of them, you can always donate at: https://www.paypal.me/RaulFO