It was almost midnight, but the city was illuminated like an amusement park. The hunter, a.k.a. the Red Man, had tracked his prey into the Dark Zone. His target was an old man designated by K-Company as the Blue Man. On the first Sunday of each month, another Blue Man (or Blue Woman) was chosen for sacrifice.
This evening, the Red Man would kill again after completing his assignment.
A week earlier, he and his boss, the Gold Man, had an altercation.
“You’re the #1 killer in the New World. But you’re out of control. Cruel and sadistic like the Creature we’ve sacrificed our people to.”
“I get the job done.”
“That’s not good enough. The Silver Man called me into his office and chewed me out for hiring you. Called you a loose cannon. So change your ways or ...!”
“What?”
“I’ll make sure you never work for K-Company again.”
“Just try, boss. And you’re a dead man.”
“You freakin’ maniac!”
The Red Man glared at the Gold Man, penetrating his frenzied eyes. The Gold Man looked away, turned around and scurried off.
After giving the Blue Man a 15-minute head start, the Red Man tracked his prey into the Dark Zone where the hungry, cannibalistic Monster craved human flesh.
“Why did you run into the Dark Zone?” the Red Man muttered, as his ferocious eyes darted across the Dark Zone and found the Blue Man 100 feet away, near the rim of the lethal circle. Hunched over, the Blue Man faced the circle where the Monster dwelled and traveled back and forth between two dimensions.
The killer slithered toward his prey. In the distance, he heard the shrieks of the Creature.
He grabbed the Blue Man from behind and twisted him around. When he gazed into his dark eyes, he found the Gold Man glaring at him. And then he heard the roar of the bullet that fatally wounded him.
The Gold Man pushed the dying man into the lethal circle and watched the Monster appear, seize the Red Man and bite into his succulent flesh. He listened to the Red Man’s horrific shrieks before the Creature and prey vanished into another dimension. Wearing a sardonic smile, he sauntered off, unaware that another killer was watching him with interest too.
