The Deep End

[Ivan Sarkozy]

Ivan's eyebrows drew down as he listened, fear lacing through him, mixing with anger. Mother fuckers! His rational side tried to argue that if it was merely accidental, they weren't really at fault. But that was bullshit. Accident or not, something had been unleashed. From what he had seen, the things swarmed, all teeth and claws. He could see them flowing through the streets, a flood, streaming into apartments and homes, schools and offices, the cries and screams of women and children and men as they were savaged by the endless horde.

He looked at Lih, considering. The guy and Costa- and older, solid man- had found a nest of creatures, things that looked like men but feral and had done alright against them. "Hmm...Nox and I will have the power. But....last time we got tired. I did at least." He laughed half-heartedly. "Course I wasn't fighting very smart. Lots of wasted shots. Still, we need to bring a shitload of ammo."

He looked back at Dorian. "With Nox."

He pulled his wallet and punched in Pavlo's name for a search. Of course most of it was foreign to Ivan. His knowledge of science was from school and even then, it had not been his main interest. What his degrees meant, he didn't know. Research, probably. Especially if he was cooking up monsters in the tunnels. "Pavlo, huh? Ok. So, is Nox coming to this meeting?"