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his training included being able to make fast and reliable reports of the body
condition and characteristics for general classifications of casualties. Bodies were
placed into categories by type: military/civilian, friendly/foe, sex, age, types of
wounds and so forth.
"My guess for their ages is nine and sixteen,тАЭ Estefan began. тАЬYou can confirm that
with Laupki later. They appear to have been dead for maybe a day. But the low
temperatures may have prevented any serious decomposition. I don't see any
obvious wounds, or any blood on the ground around them; maybe they were killed
somewhere else and dumped here."
Laupki screamed at Estefan as he hugged the stiff and pale body of the younger girl.
"He says look at their necks,тАЭ Brosnev translated.
Estefan looked at the girl's neck and saw two punctures in the flesh about the
diameter of a pencil that had been hidden by the girl's long dark hair.
"There are small punctures, maybe a quarter of an inch in diameter and spaced apart
about two inches."
Laupki again called to Estefan, then showed him the wounds on the other girl. The
marks looked identical. Laupki's voice was weak but he managed to mutter some
words to Brosnev.
"That is where the creatures bit into them and sucked their blood,тАЭ Brosnev said.
Estefan stared at the girls then at their father.
"The girls look pale, much paler then the ones I saw in the Gulf, but I'm not the
expert in these types of medical matters. For all I know, some snake could have
bitten them or the cold turned them to their current color condition.тАЭ Estefan turned
away from the bodies and looked at Brosnev.
"Ask him if he would mind if we took them back to the Camp to have an autopsy
performed."
Brosnev relayed the information. Laupki wiped the tears streaming down his face,
then nodded his approval and added some other comments.
"He agrees, but he says we must leave quickly. It will be dark soon and this is not a
safe place."
"Why not?тАЭ Estefan asked.
"He says the creatures live in the old catacombs underneath here.тАЭ Brosnev pointed
toward the ground. тАЬThey will be coming back soon ... to finish what they started."
"I don't know what to make of any of this. Dead children and stories of vampires.
It's beginning to sound like a cheap horror movie. What I do know is that these
bodies need to be examined by a doctor or other expert who can determine the
cause of their deaths."
Estefan looked at the children, Laupki and then Brosnev.
"Come on,тАЭ Estefan said. тАЬGive me a hand covering up the bodies and putting them
in the vehicle."
Estefan and Brosnev removed folded emergency blankets from the pouches attached
to their web belts. At about the same time, Laupki removed a bottle of dark liquid
from inside his coat and began splashing its contents on all of them.
"What the hell is that? Oh man, it stinks!тАЭ Estefan said as he gestured to Laupki to
stop. Brosnev wiped droplets from his face as he spoke to Laupki. Words were
quickly exchanged.
"He says it will ward off the creatures. It is a poison he's made from a recipe passed
down through his family over many generations."
"If that's the case, why didn't it save his daughters from these supposed creatures?тАЭ
Estefan said.