Mandibles (21 page)

"Good Lord, look at those things!"

"We're not here to look at them, we're here to burn them."
"You better believe it. Whoa, baby! Feel my heat!"
"Will you quit playing around? Be careful with that thing."
"Aw, don't be such a ... whoa, look at _that_! You think he's still alive?"
"Of course he's not still alive. Just torch it."
"I don't know, man, maybe we should just make sure it can't get out. They may want to study it or something."
"Those aren't our orders."
"Aw, come on. This could be our big shot at fame. We'll leave it in there, and we'll do something with it after we've finished up everything else."
"That's gonna be days."
"So?"
"Fine. Do whatever you want."
_I'm not dead_! Slash tried to scream through the webs as the men left, but he couldn't move.
He could see, though.
He could see the spider crawling slowly over what was left of his leg.
And while he couldn't scream with his mouth, he could scream in his mind.
He screamed and screamed as the spider continued its leisurely meal.
-The End-

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