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"Then don't fouch me," Dorman retorted. In response, Vernon tucked the
flashlight between his elbow and his side, then quickly patted the man
down, frisking him with one hand.

Dorman's skin felt hot and strangely lumpy--and then Vernon's hand
touched a wet, slick substance. He snatched his palm back quickly.

"Gross!" he said. "What is this?" He looked down at his hand and saw
that it was covered with a strange mucus, a slime.

Dorman's skin suddenly writhed and squirmed, almost as if an army of
rats rushed along beneath the flesh. "You shouldn't have touched that."
Dorman turned around and looked at him angrily.

"What is this stuff?" Vernon shoved the revolver back into his holster
and, staring squeamishly at his hand, tried to wipe the slime off on his
pants. He backed away, looking in horror at the unsettling movement
throughout Dorman's body.

Suddenly his palm burned. It felt like acid eating deep into his flesh.

"Hey!" He staggered backward, his heels skidding on the uneven rubble.

A burning, tingling sensation started at Vemon's hand, as if miniature
bubbles were racing up his wrist, tiny bullets firing through his
nerves, into his arms, his shoulders, his chest.

Dorman lowered his arms and turned to watch. "I told you not to touch
me," he said.

Vernon Ruckman felt all of his muscles lock up.

Seizures wracked his body, a thousand tiny fireworks exploded in his
head. He couldn't see anymore, other than bright psychedelic flashes,
static in front of his vision. His arms and legs jittered, his muscles
spasmed and con vulsed.

From inside his head he heard bones breaking. His own bones.

He screamed as he fell backward, as if his entire body had turned into a
minefield.

The flashlight, still glowing brightly, dropped to the ash- covered
ground.

Dorman watched the still-twitching body of the guard for a few moments
before turning his attention back to the half- exposed safe. The
victim's skin rippled and bubbled as large red-black blotches appeared
in the destroyed muscle tissue.