Chapter 77 Into The Darkness

• The city streets had become a maze of shadows and chaos. Climbing from the ramp and dashing through several urban avenues, all wet with rain drops, I heard the increasing sound of police sirens and eldritch screams in the distance. Alessandro’s physical condition deteriorated from bad to worse and the color of his skin became more metallic with each passing moment.
• ‘Left here!’ said Morris, and led the way down a dark lane sheltered on either side by two flickering structures.
• We heard the sound of metal striking concrete; it receded behind us. The last moment of eye contact made me turn back and regret my actions as I did so. Three forms followed us; the grace and fluidity of their movements suggest machinery and the hatred of the predator in their predatory stalking. In the creaking darkness, I additionally noticed that many of his limbs and other parts of the body were replaced with polished cybernetic mainframes where muscles and skin should have been.