Arachnoextinction Chapter 33: Chapter Thirty-Three - The Kiss of Life

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A sudden burst of fresh air and light brought me back from the unconscious. I was on my back with Justin bent over me. I blinked many times, trying to figure out where I was and what was happening. I could taste Justin's breath… "Blah!" I yelled and pushed myself away from him, hacking like a lifelong smoker. "You'll just kiss anyone, won't you?" Karen said with a sly smile. "Why?!" I managed to cough out at Justin. "Didn't want you suffocating when there are plenty of other ways to die here," he said and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Sorry about the mouth to mouth." "What about him!" I pointed at Dr. Kale, who was slumped over against the wall. "If he wakes up, he wakes up," Justin said with a shrug. Karen gave him an annoyed look. "Ugh, alright. Fine, starting CPR." "Are you okay?" Karen asked me while we watched Dr. Kale react to Justin's mouth on his. "I'll worry about that once we're out of here for good. Where are we?" I said and continued to cough up all sorts of nasty things. "Justin dragged you guys out of the stairwell. We're still several floors below the exit, but I think we can take the elevator from here. It should be working with the power back on," she said. "The elevator? That seems too easy. Like a trap or something. Aren't elevators bad in an emergency?" I said. "Well, you can feel free to walk into the stairwell of fire spiders," Karen said. "Yay, I love elevators," I said and stood up. "How was there that much smoke and fire? That didn't make any sense." "It's better not to question it. Just know it happened, and there's an alarmingly large amount of flaming spiders chasing us," Karen said. "Spiderman has been doing it wrong this entire time. Fire spiders are the way to go," I said. “MmmmmmAHHHHH,” came a satisfied groan from Dr. Kale that quickly turned into a horrified scream. Dr. Kale sprung to life and scuttled back away from Justin’s resuscitation attempt. “Dr. Kale is back,” I said. Dr. Kale remained on the ground, spitting out the taste of Justin. "I was enjoying that until I opened my eyes. Why couldn't you give me CPR?" Dr. Kale complained to Karen with a pout. "I'm certified, but Justin is an instructor. Didn't want to take any chances," she said with a forced smile. Dr. Kale grumbled a reply, but I couldn't make out what he said. It sure sounded like he was accusing Justin of using too much tongue. “You’re hard to kill,” I said to him. I was happy he wasn’t dead, he offered up some solid amusement at times. “Thanks. I think,” he said to me while still wiping off his mouth. "So no more fire weapons?" I said to Justin and Karen. "Not a friggin' chance in the world," Justin said, leaving Karen looking disgruntled. "How did you manage to be the only survivor in the distraction group?" Dr. Kale asked. "Darren was trying to get the other weak idiots to listen to him, but they wouldn't. They were so scared for their lives they walked into a spider trap, leaving Darren alone to die. I was prepared and had an escape plan ready in case the distraction went down like that. I watched them all die from a safe area in the ceiling," Justin said. "Don't you care at all that Darren died?" Dr. Kale asked. "It's not my fault. I did my job. He chose to trust those cowards. It's his fault. Or yours. We would all be fine if it wasn't for you bringing these spiders back. Maybe I should kill you now!" Justin went from calm to hotter than the stairwell fire in seconds. "You sit there asking questions about good men who died, who were trying to save everyone from your mistake!" "A few hours ago, I would have agreed with you, but I think we're wrong about Dr. Kale," I said. Justin had Dr. Kale pinned against the wall by his collar. "What do you mean?" he growled. "I think Darren had a lot more to do with the spiders coming alive than we think. Dr. Kale was always meant to be the fall guy, whether he brought the spiders back to life or not," I said. "Why would Darren want them back? I have little doubt he kne