Page 294 of Chaos has a Name
“The shit’s going to hit the fan,” Callen admitted. “I can feel it. The whole area when we were walking here felt…off. Something bad is brewing, bro.”
Ethan knew the feeling.
While in the same woods, he wasn’t that far away, and he’d swear there was something…ominous floating around and tainting the air.
They grew up in these woods, and when it was off, it was off.
He remembered it happening a few times in their youth, and Timothy always locking them down.
Elizabeth wasn’t a big fan of the woo-woo, but, as of late, while practicing the shamanism his grandfather loved and wanted him to learn, he’d felt it too.
The dead didn’t always give off a good vibe.
And there were a lot of trapped souls here thanks to some nuts playingThe Hollow.
For now, Ethan was to the point.
“Get as much out of there as you can. It’s going to be dark before long. The last thing we need is for you guys to do the walkthrough the woods and be targets. Don’t forget, that’s only half of the trip. Then, we all have to walk out of here.”
Oh, well, he didn’t have to tell him twice. The last thing Callen wanted was to be a big ol’ bullseye for some arrows.
They knew that whoever shot them was damn good at being Native. They’d hit their targets, but didn’t think Elizabeth and Ivan’s body armor would hold up.
Like with a bullet, by the time you heard it, the whistle of the air breaking over the feather fletchings, it was too damn late.
Ethan was to the point.
“We aren’t the predators here, CJ. This is us being the prey. We gaveThe Hollowsomething to focus on, and it’s going to protect its mission at all costs. I don’t need to profile that. These two individuals are telling us what’s next.US.”
Say.
Less.
Callen didn’t want an arrow to the skull. Natives were excellent at tracking and hunting, and they’d be able to hide, and no one would see them come at them.
Look at his family.
It was time to put the pedal to the metal and get the hell out of the woods before dark. If they would attack Elizabeth and Gene during the daylight, they would definitely put on a horror show in the dark.
Before he could warn anyone, Ethan wasn’t finished. Instead, he ominously warned his brother.
“Removing the skulls is going to anger it. We’re touching things that its predecessor had left as symbols of the hunt. Try to do it lowkey.”
Callen laughed as he scanned the area, and kept track of Gene.
“EJ, you try carrying one hundred skulls in bags through the trees where you can’t see what’s watching you and do it onthe DL. It’s not possible. If it’s out there, it’s going to know what we’ve just done.”
He was aware.
It was going to be a long-ass walk back to their vehicles.
“Just try to be hyper aware. We need to wrap this shit up as soon as possible. We also need to hope and pray something Elizabeth was wearing has DNA on it because both Axl and I agree that this isn’t going to be an easy case for our wife. She might not ever find them.”
Shit.
It never occurred to him that whoever was behind this might slip through Elizabeth’s fingers. She was just that damn good at her job.
If they got away, they’dNEVERbe safe here.The Hollowlived here. There were people on the roads and at the civic center. There were Natives everywhere.
