Chapter #5By accident by: Unknown It was a couple of hours past closing time on a dark rainy night in the warehouse of the Rotherham Wilko store. The store manager Emma (45) and two of her subordinates, Steven (39) and Nathan (18) were staying late, waiting for the HR rep Gemma (29) to arrive.
"Come on, where the hell is Gemma? That bitch should have been here an hour ago!" sputtered Emma tapping her foot impatiently, not shy to show her dislike for the meddling HR woman, who also happened to be better looking and younger than she was.
No sooner had she said that, the warehouse roller doors started to open and shortly after, Gemma reversed the rental van into the warehouse. Before Gemma got out of the van, Emma rushed over to the roller doors and shut them, it was still raining heavily, only now the wind had picked up too and was blowing rain into the warehouse.
Gemma jumped out of the van, her high heels clicking on the floor when she landed.
"Come on then! Show us what you've got us staying so late for!" Emma said sternly, her arms folded in defiance of the HR rep.
Gemma grinned and walked around to the rear of the van. And opened the doors.
"What the hell is that thing?" Emma said raising an eyebrow looking at the contraption in the van.
"Is that... a wood chipper?" Steven asked a little confused.
"Why the hell do we need a wood chipper?" Emma asked incredulously.
"Recycling! It's all the rage. Just think of our green credentials." Gemma said looking smug with herself as she instructed Nathan and Steven to lift the heavy contraption from the van.
Emma gave Gemma a doubtful look before Gemma continued while the two males struggled getting the wood chipper out of the van "We've got all these old wooden pallets lying around that are too old to re-use. We can turn them into bio mass, you know wooden pellets and sell them as renewable energy. Just think if all the other Wilko stores send us their pallets."
"Are you crazy! You're saying I have to have this bloody thing running in MY warehouse, making a racket and a bloody mess, just so you can virue signal your green credentials and turn a profit! How much did this bloody thing cost?" Emma spat, practically foaming at the mouth.
Steven and Nathan wiped their brows now that they'd finally got the wood chipper out of the van. Gemma picked up the power cord and plugged the contraption into an electrical socket before asking Nathan to find an old pallet.
"You know Emma, you should be more positive. Besides the thing was a bargain. It used to belong to the Orson Cart magic shop around the corner. They used it to shred all their old stock after they went into administration." Gemma said smugly.
"Well can we go home now? It's late!" Emma sniped.
"I just want to try it on one pallet tonight!" replied Gemma, getting tired of Emma's attitude.
Nathan found an old pallet and was ready to pull it apart with a pry bar when Emma snatched it from him. She turned on the wood chipper and tried to throw the whole pallet in there.
"No Emma. You can throw a whole pallet in there. You have to pull it apart first!" Gemma cried out.
"I'm not waiting around all night for this pallet to be pulled apart. I want to go home!" Emma said with a scowl as she climbed on top of the machine and started jumping on the pallet.
Steven and Nathan both cringed at the potential danger as Gemma screamed "Emma no! You're going to hurt yourself!"
No sooner had Gemma said that, the pallet got sucked into the wood chipper, along with Emma, feet first.
"HELP!!!" screemed Emma in blood curdling horror as she felt her feet and legs being chopped up and thrown out of the back of the wood chipper along with the shredded pallet.
Steven, Nathan and Gemma all grabbed onto Emma and tried to pull her out.
"My legs! I've lost my legs! Don't you dare let me go. Don't let me die!" screamed Emma.
The trio tried to pull Emma out, but she was getting sucked further into the machine.
"Let me go Emma! You're pulling us into the machine with you!" Gemma cried out, but it was too late. Emma was pulled into the wood chipper and she dragged Gemma, Steven and Nathan with her.
You could hear the sound of body parts being chopped up and thrown out of the back all over the warehouse, before the wood chipper finally turned itself off.
Gemma came to, opening her eyes only to see the warehouse covered in body parts... some of them were her own. She screamed in terror as she realised she was now a decapitated head. There was no blood. Just a squirming mess of moving body parts.
Emma, Nathan and Steven all came to and realised they were in the same predicament.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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