Chapter 43


    "Good evening, everyone, and wee to the six o'' clock edition of Action Seven News. I''m Ted


    Hall.As you can see here behind me, one of the three Hollis Estates buildings is on fire.


    Now, the fire department has managed to contain the ze, but there are a lot of questions and


    concerns surrounding this fire. Fire officials do believe that it was arson, but above that, a macabre


    discovery has been stumbled upon here, notably the findings of five dead bodies, all of which looked to


    be mutted and burned beyond recognition, as well as multiple, vacant apartments where bone


    fragments were discovered.


    That''s right, you heard me correctly,dies and gentlemen. Within this abandoned building behind me


    were found five dead, mutted and burned corpses and bones and skulls. Police are specting that


    over the years ever since the Estates were condemned that homeless squatters have inhabited this


    area, but they also are surmising that the animal or animals that have been responsible for the recent


    attacks have made their home here as well; perhaps making Hollis Estates a feeding ground of sorts.


    The five bodies that were discovered have not been identified as of yet, and to be perfectly honest, it


    may be a good while before deducing their identities bes a possibility considering the extensive


    damage to their corpses. However, no sign of the animals has yet to be discovered.


    Police, as of now, are checking the other two buildings to see if there are any other bodies or skeletal


    remains to be found. When this ze started is still a mystery, but that goes along with the uncanny


    and unannounced eclipse that overcame Cypress earlier today as well. Stay with Action Seven News


    for more developing details. I''m Ted Hall."


    Appearing fatigued, Ted dropped his microphone before looking over at his cameraman and asking,


    "Are we off?"


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    "Yeah, we''re good." The cameraman replied before shutting off his camera.


    Holding to his umbre, Ted looked all around at the hectic firefighters, police officers and investigators


    who were shuffling in and out of all three buildings like busy ants in the rain.


    "Can you believe this?" The cameraman looked on in dismay.


    Stuffing his thin microphone into his coat pocket, Ted stared up at the smoldering middle building


    before saying, "Are you kidding? I''m surprised these shithole buildings are still standing after all these


    years. Maybe now they''ll demolish all these ces. For all we know, we taxpayers could''ve been


    paying rent here ever since ''71, for Christ''s sake. Let''s get back to the van before we float away from


    here."


    As Ted turned and headed towards the area where various other news vans were parked, his


    cameraman tugged the reporter on the shoulder.


    "Hey, hey, do you see that kid over there?" He pointed. "The little ck kid."


    Ted turned back around and squinted before he spotted the obscure, shabby looking boy that was


    wandering around the grounds as though he were visible only to the two men. Every other firefighter


    and officer seemed topletely ignore him.


    "Holy Christ," Ted gasped. "Turn on the camera! We may have a witness!" He mored in


    astonishment as he chased after the boy. "Come on, Brad!" He yelled. "Hey, kid! Hold up!"


    But the little lost boy, without saying a mumbling word, simply turned and walked away in the opposite


    direction, towards a wooded area behind the buildings with the newscaster and his partner chasing


    right after him.