Maddy reached out, her Hellmouth icon flickering instinctively over the bodies. The familiar hunger stirred within her, ready to devour the remains but instead, it only made the truth clearer.
"Yes… sweetie, they are dead."
But then, the icon vanished.
"What? Why did that happen— why is Hellmouth gone? HOW? That has never happened before."
Suddenly, the bodies began to twitch. It started as a rhythmic spasm, a sickening soundsof bone hitting stone. Their limbs jerked at impossible angles.
Maddy's eyes snapped wide open, her body instantly shifting into a battle stance.
"What the—?!"
She stumbled back a step as the corpses jerked violently, the sound of bone cracking against stone echoing through the cavern. Her skin crawled, a deep instinct screaming at her that something was very wrong.
"That's not normal… dead things don't just start moving again!"
Her gaze darted to the vanished icon, then back to the twitching bodies. A cold realization crept up her spine.
