Night of the Almost Dead

Morti was the best in the business for good reason. He cleaned up messes left behind to erase all evidence of a crime. Morti only had one hard and fast rule: he didn’t deal with the living. Contracted by Planet Mafia, he finds the victims aren't dead. Will he have to break his rule? Or will the Planet Mafia be sorry they ever contracted him to do their dirty work?

This is a short story, 3100 words long.