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Bring it up
25 July 2008 18:15We wrapped the chains around the coffin and hooked them up to the winch. We had the flashlights set up so that we could see what we were doing. We were already behind schedule. The sun would be coming up in an hour. Whoever said that it was darkest before the dawn was dead right. I could barely see a thing.
We were soaked with sweat and streaked with dirt. The rain was rinsing us off but it was bitterly cold and causing the bottom of the grave to turn to mud.
It was slippery work. It was a good thing that the coffin was made of good, strong metal. The winch and the chains would have crushed a pine box.
This one must have been rich before he or she went under.
I scratched at the scabs on my neck. The master would be pleased at another one added to the family. Time capsules, he called them.
The ones that are brought to the surface tell us where to find another one. This is what they did in order to keep themselves safe from hunters. They never know where more than one more of their number is buried.
It’s a slow process but then again, it’s not like these creatures in the ground had anything but time. Patience is easy when you’re asleep.
We started the winch. With a shriek of metal, the coffin started to slide up and out of the open grave.
It settled at the top on the sod with a wet thump. Thunder rolled across the sky. It was important that we got the coffin into the truck before the sun came up.
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We were soaked with sweat and streaked with dirt. The rain was rinsing us off but it was bitterly cold and causing the bottom of the grave to turn to mud.
It was slippery work. It was a good thing that the coffin was made of good, strong metal. The winch and the chains would have crushed a pine box.
This one must have been rich before he or she went under.
I scratched at the scabs on my neck. The master would be pleased at another one added to the family. Time capsules, he called them.
The ones that are brought to the surface tell us where to find another one. This is what they did in order to keep themselves safe from hunters. They never know where more than one more of their number is buried.
It’s a slow process but then again, it’s not like these creatures in the ground had anything but time. Patience is easy when you’re asleep.
We started the winch. With a shriek of metal, the coffin started to slide up and out of the open grave.
It settled at the top on the sod with a wet thump. Thunder rolled across the sky. It was important that we got the coffin into the truck before the sun came up.
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