DEAD SPACE MARTYR PART FIVE COLLAPSE Part 60, 61
60 When he landed at the docks in Chicxulub, someone was waiting for him. Chava, the boy who had told Ada and him about the body on the beach. He was standing there in the dim light, shivering. Beside him was the town drunk who had lost his name. “I knew you were coming,” said Chava as Altman tied the boat off. “The bruja told me. She is dead and yet she told me. She has asked me to tell you that you must go back.” “I don’t want to go back,” he said. “You must,” said Chava, his eyes innocent and sincere. “She needs you.” “And why are you here?” said Altman to the drunk. He wasn’t drunk now, or at least didn’t appear to be so. He crossed his fingers and made the sign of the devil’s tail. “The only way to beat the devil,” the man told him, “is to take the devil inside you. You must open yourself to the devil. You must learn to think like the devil.” “I don’t have time for this,” said Altman. “I need to find help.” “Yes,” said Chava. “We will come with you.” He left the docks and set off, the old man and the…
