Ultraviolence

Lights Out

(Jake's POV)

Two cups of coffee into the night and still haven't got any leads on this disease case. I let Tom go home about a few hours ago so he could get some sleep. It was only three in the morning I was still recovering from the all nighter with Tom from the other night as well. I was pretty tired but I've done worse in college. I looked over my notes as I sat at my desk scratching my beard ever so often. The door of my study flung open and at the door way was Vanessa in her robe her blonde hair a mess. I assumed she noticed I wasn't asleep in bed with her when she woke up. "Are you still working on that same case? Its your vacation" she said annoyed voice. I leaned back in my seat and looked at her walk over to me and sit in my lap. She kissed my beard and smiled
"So I was thinking-"
"Please don't start about the wedding. We'll get around to it okay?"
"You always say that"
She pushed herself off my lap in anger and retreated out the study. Vanessa was most definitely a daddy's little girl she's had everything she wanted since she was born the word "No" was not even close to hear vocabulary. When I proposed to her I thought I knew what I was doing but sometimes I wonder if I really did."By the way can you get around to going to town to get some ice cream?" She said closing the door behind her before I said anything. We lived 45 minutes from town and the only store that was open this late was a hour away. You gotta be fucking kidding me.

U L T R A V I O L E N C E

I headed into the 24 hour store and went to the deep freezer in the back. I stuck my hand in it and pulled out Ben and Jerry's half baked ice cream. I set them on the counter and waited for the cashier to ring me up "10.50" he said I gave him ten dollars and two quarters. He handed me the bag of ice cream and headed out the store to my car. As I towards a ally I heard something like someone popped a water balloon. The wet noises echoed from the ally I started walking towards it when I turned the corner to the ally a man was sprawled out on the floor with another person hunched over him. The ally light flickered I only saw his body twitch ever so often. There was a sound of something grinding like hard candy being broken. I knew he was being attacked "hey!" I yelled down the ally the noise stopped and so did the figure hunched over him. It's back was to me the light kept flickering the figure slowly stood up and suddenly the light stopped flickering and the ally was pitch black. My heart dropped I slowly retreated backwards. "Help... Me" a low raspy voice said in the darkness followed by a deep croak. I was so scared I couldn't move it was like my feet were stuck in tar. Footsteps began to come closer towards me I immediately dropped the bag and took off back towards the store. When I got to the store I ran in terrified to look back to see if I was still being followed. I closed the door and locked it "hey what the hell are you doing!?" The cashier yelled at me. "Call 911 there's something out there it attacked a man" I told him I kept looking out the glass door for it to come back. I looked over at the cashier he was on the phone telling the store address. I looked for a weapon "hey do you have a gun or something" I asked he took out a hand gun and held it up. I was hoping for him to give me one he hung up
"The police are coming did you see a face?"
"No I was too busy running"
"What happened to the guy?"
"I-I don't know he needed help. He looked like he was being-"
The lights in the store went off cutting off my sentence. The street light from outside shined into the store only letting me see the front of store.
"Do you have a back up generator?"
"No"
"Shit"
It was silent only thing I could hear was my heart beating in my ear I heard the cashier breathing heavy as well. Then a loud bang from the back of the store broke the silence I jumped up and slowly walked over to the counter. "What does that door lead to?" I whispered to him looking at the metal door bang it did again. "The ally" he whispered back making me grasped the counter. Bang the door moved in again but this time the door knobbed twisted but it was locked. The thing croaked again and everything became silent again. Finally red and blue lights flashed from outside and all the store lights turned back on. I looked around and let out a huge sigh of relief. I unlocked the door and two cops came in
"Is everything alright?"
"No everything is not alright! Someone or something tried to kill us! Like the man in the ally"
"Were did the person go"
"Check the ally"
I tried to catch my breath as I walked out the door I saw the EMTs wheel out a body on the stretcher out the ally. It had a white sheet over it and by the way EMT took their time walking him to the ambulance I knew he was dead. What the hella just happened. I sat on the sidewalk while a cop took my statement for the night but I've been up all day and the night before I didn't know what I saw or heard was even real.
"So can you tell me what happened tonight?"