The Pursuit (2016)
“She nudged Joe and pointed to Nick.
“What is that on his back?”
“Dirt,” Joe said.
“No, no, the black thing,” she said. “I think it’s moving.”
Joe tapped his mouse and the camera zoomed in on the black dot. It was a big, black spider and it was crawling between Nick’s shoulder blades toward his neck.
“That’s a spider,” she said. “We’ve got to warn him.”
“How?” Joe said, knowing that Nick could hear every word they were saying. “Besides, what harm could it do?”
Litija picked up the phone. But it ...was too late.
As Nick turned to place the smallpox vial in the container, the spider went over his collar and down his bare neck. And bit him.
Nick winced at the sting and reflexively reached for his back with both hands, dropping the vial of smallpox.
The vial hit the floor and shattered.
— Everyone in the utility tunnel stared in horror at the screen. Nick was still reaching for the spider, and hadn’t realized yet what had happened.
“The spider just killed him,”MoreLess
“What is that on his back?”
“Dirt,” Joe said.
“No, no, the black thing,” she said. “I think it’s moving.”
Joe tapped his mouse and the camera zoomed in on the black dot. It was a big, black spider and it was crawling between Nick’s shoulder blades toward his neck.
“That’s a spider,” she said. “We’ve got to warn him.”
“How?” Joe said, knowing that Nick could hear every word they were saying. “Besides, what harm could it do?”
Litija picked up the phone. But it ...was too late.
As Nick turned to place the smallpox vial in the container, the spider went over his collar and down his bare neck. And bit him.
Nick winced at the sting and reflexively reached for his back with both hands, dropping the vial of smallpox.
The vial hit the floor and shattered.
— Everyone in the utility tunnel stared in horror at the screen. Nick was still reaching for the spider, and hadn’t realized yet what had happened.
“The spider just killed him,”MoreLess
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