The Bloody Marys - Chapter 2

Deep in the Amazon forest a figure runs. He jumps over logs increasing his speed with each step he takes. He reaches a village and runs to the center of it. The entire village has gathered there. In the center of the gathering is a pier with a naked pregnant woman lying on it.

Suddenly a man with a headdress made of porcupine quills comes to the center just as the running figure stops near the pier. He drops the bag he has slung over his shoulders and says in an ancient dialect 'Witch Doctor I have brought what you asked for.'

The witch doctor walks up the bag and and pulls out a snake known as the Jararaca. The Jararaca is a pitviper and one of the most poisonous snakes in the Americas. The witch doctor takes a sheepskin bag and draws the venom out of the snake. He then drapes the snake over the woman. She yells as her contractions start getting stronger. As she starts pushing the witch doctor cuts of the head of the Jararaca and pours the blood on her face. He then slits the snake down its body and let's the snakes blood cover her body.

One of the village women tends to the pregnant woman and helps her with the delivery of the baby. The witch doctor then let's the snakes blood envelope the baby as it is pulled out.
The witch doctor then dribbles some of the venom into the mouth of the mother. Her gums and skin start bleeding. Her eyes start to hemorrhage. Her body goes into shock just as the witch doctor slits her throat.

He then takes the sheepskin bag and moves to the baby. He dips a quill from his headdress into the venom and takes it to the baby's lip. Just then there is a flash of light and a lot of smoke.


When the smoke finally clears the whole gathering is in shock. The baby no longer is in the hands of the village woman but in the hands of a cloaked figure. The Librarian comes forward and talks to the witch doctor in an unknown dialect.

'Be gone you evil minion. You may fool these innocent people but you can't fool us.'

The witch doctor looks at the Kryptos and starts laughing. He let's out a shrill scream just as his skin starts falling off and he transforms into a menacing looking zombie. More shrill screams emanate from around them.

The Kryptos turn around and see a number of zombies appear.

The witch doctor continues 'Give me that baby and I shall spare you.'

'Grabel you can tell Veyrona that we are not going to let her succeed. We will not let you get the girls.' says the Librarian.

[Veyrona is the self proclaimed Queen of the zombie tribe Xandia (known as the daytime wanderers). Grabel is a member of the tribe Krux (the shape shifters) - they are the spawns of Veyrona and the King of Krux. The two tribes joined forces to take on the Krptos and had reduced the number of Krptos to 6]

Grabel laughs. 'You stupid mortal. You think these babies are going to save you? We will kill you now.' He signals to the other zombies and they converge.

Just then there is a bright light and a cloud of smoke. When the smoke clears the area where the Kryptos were standing is empty.