The Agent was now on the floor; his legs were bitten into.
Jioni hesitated but shook off the fear. She ran toward the Tenebris and pulled them off the Agent; she hopped onto its neck and pulled down; Jioni successfully got one off him, but the other four still attacked.
They continued to bite the Agent, and only then did he cry for help.
The man soon disintegrated completely from the various bites: all over, his skin turned grey, frozen stiff—Then nothing was left but dust.
The monsters had now focused their attention on her.
Jioni ran as fast as she could, faster away than she had ever run; didn’t look back, she continued on her way to the clinic—the Agent’s face seared into her memory—the dog whistle noise faded the farther she got.
