DEAD SPACE MARTYR PART FIVE COLLAPSE Part 56, 57
56 Guthe’s body started changing shortly after the guards bundled it onto a stretcher and carried it away, but as it was hidden beneath a sheet, they didn’t notice. There were strange sounds coming from it, popping and crackling sounds, which they just took for the sounds of strain in the stretcher or the scuffling of their boots in the passageway. They took it to one of the labs and slid it onto the table, the sheet still on top of it. The three dissectors had followed them at a distance, whispering, holding on to their icons. They filed into the room as the guards left. “We should contact Field,” the first of them said. “He’ll want to know.” One of the others nodded. “I’ll contact him,” he said, and activated the room’s comlink. A strange, wet sound came from under the sheet, followed by a snap, like a bone breaking. The sheet fluttered. “What’s that?” asked one. “Just the body settling,” claimed another. “It didn’t sound that way to me,” said the first. “Hello, Field?” said the third into the comlink. …
