"To Kill A Runner" Chapter 21 "Hypovolemia" (Cyberpunk Fiction)

The stench of rotting dead stagnant in the uncirculated air. Stainless steel medical slabs with the plastic sheet covered corpses still and lifeless on the slabs. A room full of cadavers with the only exit being on the other end of the room. Fear of what was in the Dark or down further around a cornered hallway. Jarome, Megana, Britney stood in a three person defensive position with their backs together and their fire armed raised to fire, Directed fire at the corpses right in front of them. Convinced that one of them was a monster. He fired a shot into the center of a cadavers head, The bullet exiting the skull from the other side rikashaing. That corps open its eyes and mouth pent with a screech and then started to laugh in the face of Jarome.

The rotting corpse with blood dripping eyes, a mocking creature, before It maneuvered to grab at Jaromes short pup rifle.

“How the hell “ .......

More burst fire into the chest of the creature. And It seemed to fall with the second shots. . It lunged at Jarome as it fell but hit the ground.

“What was different about the chest ? “ Jarome shouted, confused, horrified and moving several feet away.

“ You shot it in the heart “ Megana responded. And now pointed her pistol at the creature. “LET's run, Fallow me ! “ IF We get separated meet at Liberty “
She tossed the pistol to Britney and made a running dash toward the exit door. She had shifted in a strange shadow into a silver coated dire wolf faster, more than, dashing down the hallway.

At a fast paced jog Jarome and Britney traversed the tunnels, making sure to clear corners and let the second person rush in when opening a new door. Stomping through dusty shattered glass floor Jarome and Britney dodge an eerie decrepit wheelchair. Hearing another one of those blood-curdling screams from down a maze tunnel the echo telling Jarome and Britney that it was not far. Another ghoul, Jarome caught off guard by not realize they were not even phased by bullet in the brain. They find a directional sign pointing down certain hall ways saying a few names. Viewing the sign that said Liberty, Jarome and Britney sprinted to flee from the sound. Hearing the shuffle of a Goulish Corps moving quickly chasing them, Britney let a few bullets eject and make a large discharge firing bang. Her mechanized prothstetic counter balancing the kick from the pistols slide. It helped her have better aim when firing dual pistols in the darkness.

“Lets Go, Go ! Go ! Go! “ Jarome reminded her to move fast. Running for a few more several minutes. “I think we are only a few more kilometers to Liberty Tunnal Exit “

Britney had broaght up a LCD screan in the fore arm part of her mechanical cyber kanetic arm. "Turn left up ahead and the exit a little further."

Catch up on previous chapters:

1. Chapter  I - Down & Out
2. Chapter II - Bore Snakes & Hammer Bites
3. Chapter III - The Plan
4. Chapter IV - Pixie Dust Attack -i wlan0mon
5. Chapter V - A Fixer & A Fence
6. Chapter VI - Prep Work
7. Chapter VII - Living The Dream
8. Chapter VIII - Seeking Asylum
9. Chapter IX - Breathmaker
10. Chapter X - Nanook
11. Chapter XI - Wolf Hunt
12. Chapter XII - Rising Paw
13. Chapter XIII - Lucky Number
14. Chapter XIV - Drawing Dead
15. Chapter XV - Explosive Division
16. Chapter XVI - Street Crime
17. Chapter XVII - Three River City
18. Chapter XVIII - Dog Food
19. Chapter XIX - Street Doctor
20. Chapter XX - Cadaver Lab