Behemoth by Michael Cole

Author:Michael Cole [Cole, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

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David kicked and stroked as hard and as fast as his muscles would allow. He had been an excellent swimmer all of his life, but in this moment he couldn’t possibly be good enough for his liking. He believed he maintained a meter per kick speed, and he strained to make it faster. He could see the opening of the cave, and the sunlight that crept through. Sunshine never looked so good.

Suddenly he felt a strange vibration from within the tunnel, like a jet propulsion. He didn’t think about it, nor did he look to see what it was. He kept his eyes on the target. However, just a few moments after the strange echo, he suddenly felt the presence of an enormous mass coming up from behind him. He clenched his teeth, nearly biting through his mouthpiece in the process. His body tensed as the dark tunnel suddenly became darker, as the shadow of the monster overtook him.

Still, he didn’t look back. He kept stroking and kicking. Another stroke; a few feet. Another kick; nothing. He kicked again; no further distance. He suddenly felt very light headed, and began to experience a bizarre, indescribable pain beneath his stomach. Quickly experiencing a lack of energy, he looked down to examine himself, only to find that his lower half was missing, replaced by a haze of blood that freely leaked along with entrails from his open wound. Before the life left his eyes, he caught one final sight: His dangling legs, still perfectly attached to the hip, clutched in a huge pincer. It was illuminated by the flashlight, which was still strapped to his belt.

One of the tentacles grabbed a hold of David’s lifeless upper body, and pulled it in towards its huge bird-like beak. The creature fed while it approached the mouth of the cave for further kills.

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