GAME SPACE - Full Novel by Peter Jay Black

Author:Peter Jay Black [Black, Peter Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Twenty-Six

The way I look at it, when there’s an alien monster staring you down, wanting some tasty human-sized snacks, you’ve got pretty much two choices.

Option one is to remain still.

Some people think this makes you magically invisible, but I don’t reckon that’s true. All it does is allow the alien to kill you in a more leisurely manner.

The second option is to run.

No prizes for guessing which I favoured.

I wanted to run away, I really did, but instead I remained frozen like a coward, my body paralysed as I stared at the glowing eyes ahead of us, their menace emphasised by deep, raspy breaths. I’d guessed it wasn’t an oversized kitty that craved petting.

Skylar and Eve clapped hands over their mouths, which made me feel a lot worse about the situation.

“What the hell is it?” I murmured, looking for a nearer escape route but not finding one.

Judging by the faint outline of a hulking mass, the distance between its pupils, and its height from the ground, I judged the creature to be around the size of a black bear.

Maybe bigger.

Eve nudged my arm, signalling us to move away from the whatever-the-hell-it-was, and I wholeheartedly agreed with her decision.

But as we did so, despite inching back with no sudden moves or overt signs of bravery, the giant shadow edged toward us, growing larger by the second. The raspy breaths increased in volume, and a new sound made my skin sprout a million goosebumps—the scraping and clacking of thick claws across hard floor.

We were doomed.

As we continued to back away, I murmured out of the side of my mouth, “Anyone gonna tell me what the heck that is?”

“Grondar,” Skylar whispered back.

“What’s a grondar?” I hissed.

She shook her head as we reached the T-junction, but instead of going back the way we’d come, we headed down the left corridor, our eyes still fixed on the moving shadow. Its hulking mass struggled to fit down the narrow hallway, and I prayed it would trap itself.

I risked another glance over my shoulder. The corridor continued for twenty feet, then ended in a heavy-looking door. If the three of us could reach it, perhaps—

Low snarling made me whip round.

The grondar stood taller now, its muscular form showing against the muted orange backdrop of the emergency lighting. It walked with an almost human gait, its shoulders hunched, and thick black hair covered its body.

What complete moron would bring such a wonderfully dangerous being on board a confined spaceship? I pondered as my life flashed before my eyes.

The grondar moved under an emergency lamp, revealing a flat black wrinkled face. As if to emphasize how bloody lethal it was, the animal snarled, baring large pointed teeth.

I edged in front of Skylar and Eve, knowing their reactions were a lot quicker than mine. “When I say run,” I muttered, “run. Find us an escape route. Okay?”

The girls both shook their heads.

As if sensing what we were about to attempt, the grondar snarled again and dropped onto its front feet, ready to pounce.

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