worms #5

worms #5“break through”

story & words:Brian John Mitchellartwork:Kimberlee Traub

After being the victimof bizarre medicalexperiments involvingher body being injectedwith some kind of alienworms, our girl istrying to escape withonly the voice of herdead father to guideher. Now on with herstory....

The hallway seemsendless.

I think it must beslightly curved.

I’m walking in a circle.

My father’s voice comesin my head again.

He tells me to enterthe door at my right.

I go into the room.

It’s an empty hospitalroom without an exit.

His voice tells me,“Through the ceiling.”

I grab the IV pole.

I get on top of the bed.

I start smashing theceiling.

Bits of plaster fall…

…then wood…

…& then finally bits oflinoleum from the floorabove me.

I climb up through theceiling…

…& find myself in anabandoned gas station.

The dust is so thick Istart coughing.

Coughing so hard I fallto my hands & knees.

I cough out one of theworms.

It crawls up my left arm.

& back into me throughmy ear.

It feels warm &comforting.

I stand up.

& wipe the dust offmyself.

When I leave thebuilding…

…an alarm goes off.

I start running before Ihave a chance to lookat my surroundings.

I’m in some kind ofindustrial complex.

With huge fuel tankslike they have at theairport.

I hear gunshots.

I start running faster.

Running towards oneof the tanks.

So fast I can’t feel myfeet on the ground.

I feel propelled by mywill more than my feet.

A bullet hits me in theback at my left shoulder.

I tumble to the ground.

One of the wormsinside of me grabsthe bullet.

& spits it out throughthe hole in my back.

The worm startsmending the wound.

I get up & climb thestairs to the top of thetank.

I look behind me & seesoldiers & men in suitsa hundred yards away.

I’m not sure what to do.

My father’s voice says,“Get in the tank.”

I open the hatch.

I jump into the tank…

…& am swallowed bya giant worm.

Inside of it feels likehome.

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