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Part.9 The Parasite
When James awoke, he was on a metal table. He felt like he was being sliced, cut, and stitched. Once his vision became clear, he realized that was exactly what was happening. Two humans wearing blood spattered smocks and blue masks stood over him. They had nervous faces, and their foreheads were tightened. "Damn it!" One shouted as blood spurted into the air.
James felt an excruciating pain in his abdomen. "He's awake!" One of the doctors dug a needle into the Spartan's arm, and he blacked out.
James gained consciousness again, and saw that he was in a cot. The bed was in some sort of a cave. Lights had been drilled into the roof. A marine leaned against the dry, orange rock wall. He turned his head to the Spartan as he gnawed on his candy bar, "Hey." His voice came out muffled through chocolate and peanuts.
James grunted as he attempted to sit up, but fell back down. "Where am I?"
"Well, I don't really know. This here is Delta Company's base. It's really just a cave with flashlights screwed to its roof."
"Classy." James replied in a gruff voice, "Do you have any idea when I will be combat effective?"
The Marine finally swallowed his mouthful of chocolate, "Eh, not for a while. You got stuck pretty bad. Lucky we found you in time."
"Is there a food supply around here?"
The leather neck pulled a second candy bar out of his olive drab pocket, and waved it around. James shook his head, knowing it wasn't a healthy thing to eat, and as a Spartan, he wasn't going for it. "I know you want it." The Marine taunted.
The Spartan sighed, "Give it here." The Marine tossed it into the air, and James caught it. "What's your name, soldier?"
"Private Dan Taylor, and you would be?"
"Spartan 115."
"No, you're real name." James didn't like how casual this Marine was to his CO, so he didn't bother answering. "Whatever." The room was silent for a while. Then a strange scuttling noise came from a hole at the bottom of the cave wall. "What the hell?"
James brushed it off, and just stared at the tunnel leading to another area of the cave. That's when he heard the Marine shout in surprise. When he turned his head, there was some sort of critter on Private Taylor's stomach. It was burrowing itself into his body, and fighting Taylor's hands off with barbed tentacles.
James jumped off of his makeshift cot, and attempted to help the Marine, but it was too late. The soldier was writhing on the ground "Aghhh! Help!"
James saw Taylor's skin bubble and transform. Tendrils pushed through the Marine's body as he convulsed. The Spartan had seen many gruesome sights, but nothing like this. Something was moving under the Marine's skin, something sinister.
Five soldiers jogged into the room, assault rifles at their shoulders. James stood in a defensive stance, looking down on the dead soldier.
One of the Marines slowly approached Taylor's body. "What the hell happened to him mate?" James was about to answer when Taylor's corpse jolted forward, and bit the living Marine in his neck. There was a cry of pine as blood sprayed into the air.
The creature was instantly riddled with bullets, and the wounded soldier was pulled out of the room. James heard more scuttling coming from the hole in the wall. The Marines turned to see small sacs of green pour out of the opening. They were easily destroyed, but their numbers seemed limitless.
James swatted the creatures out of the air as they leapt at him. He looked down at the mutilated body that use to be Private Taylor, and realized the obvious solution. The Spartan snatched a grenade off of the fallen soldier's belt, primed it, and threw it into the hole.
Dust and green fluid shot out of the opening as the grenade detonated. The hole was closed up, and so was James' wind pipe. A pair of arms grabbed his throat from behind. He gasped for air as he made a futile attempt to pull the arms off of his neck. The creature was too strong.
The Spartan threw is head back, and crushed the creatures face. It stumbled back, unprepared for the punch that impacted its chest, and flew out the other side. It dropped to the floor, dead.
Just when James thought it was over, cries echoed through the cave. Another creature stumbled through the tunnel leading to the next part of the cave, but didn't attack. It stood still, and stared at James through its bloodshot eyes.
The monster's neck hung at a hideous angle, and bullet wounds covered its skin. It reached out towards James with a hand of tendrils, and spoke in a deep voice through their vibrations, "In the hands of two, lies all, and tonight, those two will fall."