the wake #7: horde

I've finished writing "the wake", and it feels good. After this, there are three more, which I'll publish here:
wake #8: Darkshadow
wake #9: Awakened
wake #10: eclipse

Don't miss any of it. And if you've not been reading at all, please start from the beginning. Its easy to find, in the sidebar.

The wake #7: horde

In the underground facility where most of his operations were done, Netsa was supervising his henchmen and making sure everything went as planned. Then Seb came to him.

"Hey man. How's it going?"

"Why don't you go straight to the point? Its about my sleep isn't it?"

"Sorry. I wanted to ask the general question first". Seb said.

"Well, since that dream interrupted my planned two hour streak, I've been me since".

"Why is it that every time you get a taste of sleep, that dream comes up?"

"Can you even call it a dream? I can't even call that sleep. My eyes were just closed and I remembered"

"Netsa, don't worry. Were getting close".

"Oh, really? And have you found a match?"

"I'm trying..."

"You're trying. That's great. After all the "fun" you made in their heads, you still lost him"

"Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't know it'd be this difficult to find another one"

There was a moment of silence between them. The sound of the workers pushing carts from one place to another dominated for about thirty seconds. Then Netsa said

"Come. Let's go somewhere"

They walked into one of the empty stores.

"You know we're not paying the henches, right?"

"What? They've given us a lot of money. They'll kill us"

"Or..." Netsa said with a sly smile on his face.

"Oh no". Seb exclaimed. "It'll be fun".

***

Blimey, Smiles and Yusuf sneaked through the narrow underground passage leading to the entrance, Yusuf giving the best descriptions he could.

"It's 9:30. We're on target time". Said Yusuf

"Great, cos, I don't wanna die". Smiles said.

"How come no one noticed, though. The way he steals people and stuff". Blimey asked

"Its in the news... People vanishing and coming back. They have no idea of time passed. All they remember is some weird dream. Some never even return". Yusuf answered

Blimey said "I wonder why he keeps messing with our sleep though"

"Wait.. Why are we here sef. We know how dangerous this "man" is. We can still turn back now".

They heard footsteps... In the silence of the night, the sound of foot hitting ground was clear as a beat made by Sarz. Soon, they started hearing voices. No particular words... Just voices.

"What am I heari..." Smiles was intrupted by Blimey "Shut the hell up". He wisphered.

Blimey looked around, searching for a possible hiding spot. But there was none. He just stood, looking into darkness, waiting for whatever was coming.

The footsteps got louder... And Blimey saw eyes... Then teeth... Then people, walking mindlessly.

Blimey had no time to count but he was sure they were up to 20 of them.

"Guys...". He said " What the hell is this"

"Run for your lives!" Smiles screamed.

They turned and picked race. The hypnotized men ran after them. They kept running until they saw men in front of them. These ones looked saner. Their eyes were red and they looked like refugees too but they weren't rampaging. The boys stopped running. They were visibly terrified. Smiles stood, frozen.

 Blimey stepped forward and said "hail the dark master", pretending to be a minion.

Smiles' face said "what the hell are you thinking?" But he didn't say a word.

The leader of the group moved. He studied them, stood for 10seconds, then said

"Hail". He turned back to continue what he was doing.

Blimey winked at Smiles and Yusuf.

The leader turned back and screamed "Hoooooaaaaaaa".

In a flash, a horde of hypnotized people started towards them.

#8 is coming soon