Dark Creations: Hell on Earth (Part 5) Read Online Free PDF

reach full maturity in less than two months.  The numbers of his creations would multiply quickly and efficiently.  His target number of roughly five hundred thousand, a number he felt confident could endure setbacks and still repopulate the planet, would be reached in no time.  Then he would release hell on Earth to the humans that remained.
    Between the epidemic he’d manufactured and his creations, Terzini would purge the planet of humanity and claim it for himself.  He had already begun the procedure, had overtaken the neighboring town of Caveat with the death of the last remaining family, and had descended on a second, Taft.  Once the two additional towns that surrounded Taft had been secured, all locked by bodies of water and international boundaries, he would be free to grow his population of creations, to raise his army both by traditional breeding methods and by employing his predecessor’s development tanks.  
    After his number grew to five hundred thousand, he would release his chemical plague, a plague his creations were immune to and no human could survive.  He would quickly rid the world of human scum. 
    Shots rang out in the distance and returned his attention to his short-range goal and meant that a second team had swarmed a nearby home.  One by one, the residents of Taft would be picked off.  He smiled to himself, satisfaction swelling beneath his skin.  It was so easy, the conquering of the first town and now the second.  Hunting humans was proving to be an almost effortless process. 

    Chapter 4
     
    Gabriel knew there was something he should say.  But words escaped him at the moment.  His mouth had gone completely dry after hearing what Jack had said.  He had been shocked to find the man in his house in the first place, and what he’d said merely compounded it.  He was speechless. 
    “What?” Gabriel heard Melissa ask and was glad one of them had managed to speak. 
    “This thing with Terzini,” Jack spat his maker’s name.  “It’s far from over.”
    Gabriel slid Melissa a glance and saw shock register in her features.
    “Jack, I’m so sorry about Dawn,” Gabriel began as words rushed to him, though he remained uncertain of how exactly to proceed.  Jack was in a precarious position.  He’d returned from war with the horrors of battle still fresh in his mind only to have his wife and unborn son abducted then murdered.  To say he needed to continue delicately was an understatement.  “What happened was, well, there are no words for how awful it was.  What you went through was unimaginable.  But Terzini is dead.  We watched the building as it exploded with him inside.”
    Jack pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes.  Even in the dim light of the living room, he looked as though he’d aged considerably since Gabriel last saw him.  “I appreciate you all coming to her funeral by the way,” Jack said, his voice a hoarse whisper.  “You didn’t have to do that.  You didn’t even know her.  The fact that you came, well, it meant something to me,” he said and his voice faltered.
    “We know you and you are our friend,” Melissa added gently.  “We know how much she meant to you, how hurt you were, and still are.”
    “Look I know what you’re thinking, but trust me I’m not crazy,” Jack replied without the slightest trace of resentment.  “Terzini is back, and there isn’t much time.”
    Gabriel knew that logically it would have been impossible for Terzini to have survived the massive explosion or the building collapse that had followed.  Yet Jack spoke with unwavering conviction, and he found a small part of him believing Jack.  In the darkest recesses of his mind he may have always suspected that a threat lurked on the horizon. 
    “That’s impossible,” Alexandra argued.  “There’s no way that scumbag could’ve survived.”
    “You’re right,” Jack agreed with her.
    “Wait, I don’t understand,” Daniella interrupted.