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The body landed on the airlock floor with a thud.
The maggots popped off the body in a tremendous cloud of white, and the flies buzzed away.
Eddie swatted a few away. He groaned and dragged the body across the floor, leaving a trail of blood and guts behind it.
He just contaminated the entire airlock.
The dead man stared unblinking at the bright white lights on the ceiling.
Eddie expected him to blink, to just wake up and shake off all the maggots, tell Eddie sorry about this whole affair. But the dead man did not wake.
Eddie made it to a supply closet. Opening it, he removed a handful of bottles of cleaning solution and a mop cart. Then, as gingerly as he could, he placed the body inside and closed the door on the man’s temporary tomb.
He looked out at the airlock. Flies and blo
