Chapter 6:

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Sarah's cold body shook along inside the garbage bag on the trolley as Eva pulled her along the basement. Her dull blue eyes gazed at a faraway nothing. Solid blood drooped from the gape on her skull, blond hair and bone splinters tangled within.

As Eva passed cell by cell, machinery noise and colder air began filling the tunnel. The scent of blood wafted from the floor as the casters left its mark on the blood bath under. The cells themselves were covered in gore. Once in a while, Eva stepped on bullet casings, prompting her to pick them up.

At last, Eva reached the freezer room. The cell right beside the entrance housed a man in his early twenties. Upon Eva's arrival, he slammed on the bars, crying. “Please please, let me go. Don't kill me. Don't shoot me, please-” He stopped when he realized Eva’s death stare.

She didn't say a word, but opted to uncover the garbage bag and reveal the body. She grabbed Sarah's head and turned it towards the man. Then, she grabbed the head by the jaw and moved out as if it was a doll. “I love to whine too! It's too cold! I'm hungry! Now I'm dead, because masters doesn't like whining!” mouthed Eva with a mocking tone. She made sure to show the gape on the skull she created. The man screamed and fell backwards, revulsed by the sight of the wound. Eva chuckled at his reaction, then said, “Behave, then you'll be with your girlfriend. You want your girlfriend, right? She has a nice, comfy bed upstairs because she's nice to us. You, on the other hand… hah. If you keep making a mess… You know what happened to all the others who tried to escape last week. Right?” The man could barely nod, his fear of blood taking over. To make a point, Eva reached into the skull, scooped a tiny bit of brain matter with her fingers and flicked it at the man. He shrieked in horror. Satisfied with the lesson, Eva pulled the garbage bag back on the body, opened the freezer door, and continued her way inside.

Eva found an empty spot in between all the other corpses the crew had no time to cremate or sell. She dumped the garbage bag there and updated the inventory clipboard by the door. Looking back at the corpses, an ember of morbid curiosity flared in her as she approached the newest body in the bunch. Her interest rested on the oozing pink mush from Sarah's head.

Eva shook her head. The freezing temperature would have ruined the bodies; she needed a really fresh body to explore.