Only Human Volume 2 - Special Preview · 11:02am Oct 10th, 2013
"Did I ever tell you about the bats?" Synergy asked, still gazing out the window.
Lyra blinked in confusion. "The what?"
Synergy slowly turned around, although her gaze wondered around the carpet and her desk. "My Great Grandfather and his brother inherited a large sum of bits after their parents died. So they took their money and bought some farmland a few miles outside of Manehattan. A few weeks in, they almost lost the business... because of the bats."
The executive slumped into her chair, still gazing into space. "They had bought farm land over a cave, a cave infested with fruit bats. They would come out at night and eat all the fruit before they could sell it the next day. One day, they went into town to try and find an exterminator, only to get turned down by each and everyone they found... until the last one."
Lyra shot Synergy a confused look.
Synergy continued. "They found this one exterminator in an old, run down shop. They asked him if he could take care of the bats, and he said he would be there in the morning. My Great Grandfather and his brother went back to the house, having to hear the bats one more time. When the bats would eat, they'd let out these screeches, like they were being merry over their feast."
Lyra's eyes darted around the room, almost like she was looking for an escape route.
Looking over at Synergy, Lyra realized that she wasn't blinking. "The next morning, the exterminator showed up, towing a wagon behind him. He told the brothers to wait in the house and not come out until he was done. My Great Grandfather lost his patience and went down to the entrance of the cave. It was too dark for him to see anything."
Why is she mumbling?
"He couldn't see anything... but he could them, the bats. They were screeching, but not the happy screeches from when they ate, these were cries... agony, grief, fear."
Sweat trickled down Lyra's forehead.
Synergy thumped the desk with her hoof. "Then, all he could hear were thumps. One after the other. Thump... thump... thump. The bats weren't hanging around anymore."
Without warning, Synergy's eyes darted up to Lyra's, making the unicorn freeze up.
"And before the sun was up, all the bats were gone."
Ooooo!!!!!!!! Awesome!
And rather dark too.