67. The cannibals

The soldiers freeze while they all listen attentively and they hear it again! Something fiddles with the handle of the back door. Leo wonders: "Could it be the butchery’s owner?” Joss gives instructions: "Right, Recce and Leo, come with me! Let’s have a look! The rest of you carry out everything and load it on the cabs as quickly as possible. Ben and John, cover the corridor from the entrance should we rush out quickly.” Joss reaches the back door first followed by Leo and Recce. It is still locked with the key in the lock but someone turns the handle and pushes hard against the door. Joss locks the visor in front of his face, goes down on his hunches, wiggles the key as silently as possible out of the lock and tries to peep through the keyhole. Something is moving in front of the keyhole but he cannot make out what it is. He only hears loud in and out snorts like a predator at the smell of a prey through the keyhole. Then there follows an aggressive growling and hissing like a nest