Calling (The Starlight Chronicles Book 2) by C. S. Johnson

Author:C. S. Johnson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2015-04-25T06:00:00+00:00

☼16☼

Adversary

Students were screaming, bricks were splaying, and chairs were overturned. Needless to say, it was pandemonium.

Somehow during the chaos, my reflexes took over. I shuffled people out of the pool area, desperately looking for Gwen as the stream of people poured through the doors. Where was she? I hoped she hadn’t gotten hurt.

My eyes flew to my wrist. I blinked at the blank patch of skin before I remembered I’d quit. I cursed silently to myself.

The roar of the slug-like glob bellowed out behind me, and that was when I decided I’d had enough of doorman duties. Seeing the stream of people headed outside starting to dry up, I dropped the door and headed over to the stands to look for Gwen.

Before I could get too far, the doors burst open to reveal the policemen–or should I say some kind of SWAT force–had arrived.

I’m not sure if the loss of subtlety was helpful.

Mikey’s monstrous, octopus-like body was tangled up with Elysian’s; a tentacle lashed out and slammed through the school windows, shattering the glass. I ducked behind the stands and finally caught sight of Gwen.

Her legs seemed to be stuck under one of Mikey’s tentacles, unable to move.

“Gwen! What’s wrong?” I asked, coming up behind her.

It was then I saw Tim Ryder on the ground next to her, covered in one of Mikey’s many tentacles. He was, fortunately for me, unconscious.

Oh great, I thought. This again?

“Hammy, you’ve got to help us out of here,” Gwen whispered. “Tim just came over to say hi while the race was on and then . . . ”

Her voice trailed off and I assumed she began talking about some heroic-type effort Tim put forth in protecting her. All I could think about what how much I’d seen her texting lately, and about how much I suddenly wanted to look at her phone.

A surge of jealousy ripped through me, burning through my blood. Tim’s body twitched on the ground, bringing me back to the moment.

A ragged, out-of-breath Starry Knight suddenly appeared behind us. “Get back!” she gasped in warning. “It’s not safe!”

Her bow was out, and she slashed through the pudgy octopus arm in a single swipe, breaking Tim, still comatose, free of its oppressive hold. The part of the tentacle attached to Mikey’s body twisted around and swished back to its owner. I watched as it managed to flick Elysian in the face, who, I couldn’t help but notice, was having trouble controlling the beast.

As Gwen tried to wake Tim up, Mikey roared and broke free, launching himself through the wall of the building. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Starry Knight take flight before I could stop her. Starry Knight began unleashing another storm of arrows at Mikey. The arrows ripped through the tentacles, sending several pieces of torn flesh down onto the floor and pool.

Gross.

“After them!” a policeman ordered.

They jogged after the monster. I looked down at Gwen, practically sobbing over Tim. I’d have to deal with this later, I decided.

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