Arachnoextinction Chapter 32: Chapter Thirty-Two - Spiders? Burn it Down

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“We have to hurry. There are more spider eggs hidden in the pantry about to hatch. We need to move," I said and we entered the kitchen. "Would you look at that? The creepy perv lived. What a happy ending," Justin said when he saw them waiting in the corner. Right on cue, Dr. Kale smirked when Justin said 'happy ending'. Karen came at us in a dead sprint. Justin opened his arms expecting a hug, but she threw herself around me instead. "You were so brave, I'm so happy you didn't have to die such a horrible, painful death," she said as she squeezed the life out of me. "Yeah, I was just running around in the building with those assholes, like a total coward I suppose," Justin said and scowled at us. She released me and embraced her brother next. "Thank you so much for saving all of us." "Maybe next time I won't be so quick to make the sacrifice," he grumbled, but hugged his sister back with a half-smile and lifted her into the air. "Where's everyone else?" I asked. "Dead. It was a bloodbath. Once the grenade launcher was out of grenades, we were sitting ducks. No matter the amount of bullets fired, there were always more spiders," Justin said and set Karen back on the ground. "So Darren is gone?" Karen asked him and looked at me. "Yes… What is it?" Justin said, noticing our shared look. "We think--well it's just he kind of… we think he had a lot more to do with the spiders than we were led to believe," I said. I braced for Justin's extreme rage to explode all over me. "I could see that. Secretive guy, but not a concern now. He's gone. Now we need to get out of here," Justin said. "What are the chances the front door is clear?" I asked. "Less than none, but only one way to be totally sure," Dr. Kale said. Justin slid an assault rifle off his back and handed it to me. Then he pulled another one off his shoulder for him to use. "Can we trust him not to kill us with that?" Justin asked, pointing to the handgun that Dr. Kale held loose in his hand. "He's the wild card!" I said. "But in all seriousness guys, we should go." "What's your hurry?" Justin said. "Remember the hatching eggs? Or actually… that right there," I said and pointed to the pantry. Young spiders were crawling out, looking at us to be their first meal. Justin wasted no time opening fire at the smaller spiders, blowing them to bits as they came squirming out. "Run!" he ordered and continued firing. We took off out of the kitchen, and I heard Dr. Kale’s bottle break followed by his horrified cry of anguish. We sprinted down the hall to the stairs. Justin stayed close behind us, holding the young spiders at bay as we attempted our escape. I flung open the door to the stairs and took the stairs two at a time going up. "What in the Hell is that?" Justin said as he looked down a few floors. The black flood of spiders that chased us from the electrical room was waiting for us at the bottom of the stairs. They rose together, like a sea of death filling the stairwell, coming for us. "Several thousand baby spiders coming to devour us?" I said and started shooting into the group of rising spiders. "Everyone get behind me!" Karen shouted with a cocky smile. She was holding up her haul from the kitchen pantry. "I've been frying to do this." The three of us gave her blank stares, feeling sorry and awkward for her. "Get it? Frying? It's like dying? But I have fire?" she said with desperate eyes. "No, we got it; it was just n-not good. It was bad. Horrible. More painful than watching someone get eaten by the spiders. Or like, take one of the white coat guys we never named, watching one of their faces being melted off by spider venom as we make our escape out of the building," Dr. Kale said. "Please don't shoot me." Justin and I gave enthusiastic nods to show our support. Karen scowled and let out another of her dragon-like snorts. "Just shut up and stand behind me so I can light these bitches up!" Karen yelled. Dr. Kale ducked behind Justin; I followed his lead and did the same. "I'm s