Island Jumper 3 by M. H. Ryan

Author:M. H. Ryan [Ryan, M. H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Cass is shrieking hysterically now as the boat tilts toward the mouth of the creature.

We all hold onto the rope oh-shit handles on the boat. I touch my hip, confirming the presence of my knife.

“Everyone hang on,” I scream.

The boat creaked as the tentacle squeezed the craft. Luna tilted more as the tentacle lifted one side of the boat up higher. The mast tilted down low and hung just above the creature’s body.

I grabbed onto the rail and pulled myself along until I got to the tentacle gripping us. Benji had moved as well, and we ended up on either side of it. I swung my knife up and sliced through the tip of the tentacle hanging over the railing.

The chunk I cut off slid down the boat and hit the railing next to Sherri. I looked down and realized how far the thing was tilting Luna now. It wanted to eat us, and the craft was just a delivery method for it, like a taco shell.

Its massive beak snapped and made a sucking noise and then vomited out some water. It had hundreds of smaller tentacles around its beak, waiting for something to get close and be pulled in.

I reached to the sharks but they were still pushing the thing up and scraping the underside of the thing with their spikey backs. They didn’t have much in the way of offense. We were running out of options and time.

The mast hit the thing on the head as it pulled closer, and I had a terrible idea.

“Benji,” I said, as she hung onto the railing next to me.

I wanted to say so much to her—to all of them—but we didn’t have the time. I rushed to her and kissed her on the lips. She tensed for a moment and then kissed me back.

“I’m going to kill this thing,” I said. “Tell the girls how much everyone means to me.”

With that, I slid down the deck and yelled to Kara, “Toss me that ax.”

She tossed it, handle down, and I caught it as my feet hit the mast. I kneeled and grabbed the ladder with my free hand. I ran along the mast, climbing up and over the water and the tentacles. Its mouth was just below me but I kept moving fast. It wouldn’t be long before the boat reached that thing of nightmares.

I got to the crow’s nest and was just a couple feet over its head. If I had a spear, I could stab the creature right through the top until I hit the brain. Yet, all I had was an ax in my hand and a knife at my hip.

I glanced back as I saw the ship getting close to the end. The girls were all staring at me, looking horrified. I turned back to the monster and jumped. I heard the screams from them but I didn’t have a choice. I had to do something drastic to end this thing.

Ax held high, I swung down with both hands as I landed on the thing.

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