H.E.R.O. - Horde by Rau Kevin

Author:Rau, Kevin [Rau, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Kevin Gerald Rau
Published: 2012-06-05T15:49:15+00:00

Chapter 20 - Escape

Greg Paffen’s Viewpoint

It took hours before the woman returned to the rooftop. I tried to move as little as possible. Most of the time when I did move the eye creatures focused on me and repeated their "It move!" line while staring for a while.

The heroine climbed over the side of the roof, took off her shirt and wiped some of the makeup off her face with it. Then she changed back into her costume. Whoa, I wish I were human right now....

She said, "Are you boys ready?"

A chorus of "Arr." came from them. They slid their phones into arm holders on each of their right crab claw tentacles.

She began running across rooftops, occasionally hanging onto Fluff when the height was more than a story difference. At one point, she stopped at a small convenience store, leaving the creatures outside. She walked out with a bag, jogged across the street and leaped up onto the one story building we hovered above.

The heroine took out three candy bars from the bag, opened each and handed one to each of the creatures.

"You were brave boys tonight. Oh, and Gruff, you earned combat XP tonight from the fight, don't you feel tougher?"

"Arr." He made a flexing move with his claw arms.

Fluff said, "Fluff get most XP."

Gruff said, "Fluff always get most XP."

"Fluff tougher."

"Fluff suck."

"Gruff suck."

The woman interrupted them, "Boys, be nice. Stop fighting."

Hmm, what's the relationship between these odd creatures and the girl? She obviously commands them, and they willingly listen. And then there's the dragon - where does a dragon come from, much less one covered in fur?

They continued moving fast for a while until they came to a residential area and entered a garage. After closing the large door, they used a door in the back and went through an underground tunnel for what seemed to be a great distance, finally moving up into a basement of a house.

The place looked comfortable, with a large couch that had a dozen or more stuffed animals facing a large screen TV currently showing a late night movie. Many of their heads turned and watched the group I was with as Rayna walked through. The woman stopped and scratched a furred, winged snake for a moment before leading the way upstairs.

She stopped in the kitchen and threw the store bag away, keeping something in her hand. Then she walked through a foyer, kissed a statue of a gargoyle on the forehead, and walked into the living room. Cool, she's got a full size gargoyle?

The living room was also very pleasant, with two large screen TVs and many more stuffed animals on the various pieces of furniture. The green dragon lay on its back on the center couch, its wings spread out for balance as it used its hind legs to hold up a game controller and the front legs to manipulate it. It was currently playing a medieval game.

The woman said, "Hiya Kar. Look, I have your quest reward."

She held up the stick of meat in her hand.

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