Arachnoextinction Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty-Five - Dr. Kale, Spider Burrito

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Darren and Justin shrugged in unison. "It's what we do," they said together. Then they high-fived, because they were excited they spoke in unison. That was totally what cool government agents and trained killers do. One of the other guys in the group raised his hand. "This isn't high school. What is it?" I asked. "Don't any of us get a say in what we do? I don't think the distraction is-" "We didn't even bother giving you a name; do you really think you get a choice in any of this?" Justin said. A sullen look fell over the man as he lowered his hand. "Are we going to die?" he asked in a squeaky voice. "This guy," Justin said with a scoff. "Wait. Guys, I have an idea. It’s perfect! We can use the drone to-" As I spoke, a web shot into the camera and the drone was brought to the ground. I caught a glimpse of a spider as it crushed the drone with its pincers in an instant. "Cancel that.” "Christ, that thing was bigger than a car. This is ludicrous; how the hell are we supposed to kill that?" Justin said and shook his head in disbelief. "Lots of bullets," Darren said. "So, is there rope or anything in here that we can use to lower ourselves into the electrical room?" Karen asked. "If by rope you mean… I got nothing. Damn, I wanted to have a smart-ass quip there. Yeah, there's no rope." Darren said. "There are a lot of spider webs?" I offered. "You expect me to cover myself in that crap and trust it to lower me down into the room? From two floors up? Are you freaking kidding me?" she said. "Well, it's that or we jump and hope we don't break anything?" I said. She let out an angry snort, like how I imagine a dragon would, and started loading ammunition into the guns. "Your sister is so terrifying in every way," I said to Justin. "When I would get in trouble as a kid, my parents would threaten to tell my sister I was being bad so I would behave," Justin said. I could see the fear in his eyes as his mind took him back to those moments. "No child should have to go through that," Darren said and patted him on the shoulder. "How long until we move out?" I asked them. "Just be ready. Darren and I are working out the distraction, and then it’s go time," Justin said. Then he and Darren walked off on their own, talking in hushed voices. I walked over to help Karen prepare the guns. Seconds after picking up a rifle, I remembered I knew nothing about them. "Ugh, give me that," she said, snatching a rifle from my hand. "Just sit there and look pretty, I'll handle this." "I am very good at that. I’m as pretty as a princess,” I said. She threw me a skeptical look, and then went back to silently loading and preparing the weapons. “So where did you learn all this apparent knowledge of wires and whatever you'll be fixing down there?" I asked Karen to fill the awkward silence that had fallen upon us. "Well, princess, our father was an electrician. We used to spend all of our summers outside of school working with him. Mostly setting up the wiring in new houses, sometimes we would do a business or two. Once he passed, I kept working in that field while attending school. Meanwhile, Justin quit to focus on his creative writing degree," she said. "Um, what?" I asked her, unable to peel the stunned expression from my face. "Justin has a degree in creative writing?" "A PhD actually, with a focus on poetry," she said and handed me the last loaded rifle. With a smile, she said, "He has a beautiful, gentle soul." "Aww, he's just a big softy. That makes me want to cry and laugh until I ruin my pants," I said, looking over at him. I think he heard me, because he looked back at me, murder sparkling in his eyes. "So what do you know about Darren? Something seems kind of… off about him," I muttered to Karen. I was hoping to calm my suspicions about him. Half of me was hoping that Karen was also suspicious of Darren, so I didn’t feel like my paranoia was controlling me. "What do you mean?" she asked and glanced over at him. "When I first got here, it seemed like Ju