Help From Heather

“All righty now, tell me again. What the hell did them damn things look like?” Heather took a giant bite out of her bacon cheeseburger, and for a moment, Cassidy marveled at her skills.

“Uh, well, they were people, but they were completely jet black, like they’d been through a crisper. But they weren’t burned. I mean, they weren’t charred or anything. Just black. Except for their eyes. Those were red. And their clothes were weird. Some of them, anyway. Some of them looked like they were wearing clothes from a really long time ago, like villagers in an old movie or something. They crawled down the sides of the buildings, like spiders sort of. And they had claws. Maybe you should just jump into my head and then you could see for yourself.” She took a small bite out of the hot ham and cheese sandwich in front of her but she wasn’t really hungry.

“Okay, sounds good to me. Pull ‘em up.”

Cassidy felt a