Monster Problems 2: Down for the Count by Ullman R.L

Author:Ullman, R.L. [Ullman, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: But That's Another Story ... Press
Published: 2020-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

THAT’S JUST FANGTASTIC

“He will destroy you!”

I hear Hexum’s voice in the distance, but I don’t want to listen. I’m in full bat-form, gliding through the air without the greatest of ease. He’s been putting me through death-defying drills for hours, and quite frankly I’m exhausted. But he promised me that this is the last one, so I’m gonna go with that.

I turn the corner and swoop down over the target, a yellow number 2 pencil. All I have to do is pick it up with my little bat feet and fly back to Hexum before the timer runs out.

It sounds easy.

Unless, of course, someone’s firing arrows at you.

THWIP!

I flap hard, lifting myself up just as the arrow zips by, it’s feathers brushing my derriere. Whew! That was way too close for comfort. I can’t believe Van Helsing left me in the care of this psycho.

This time, Hexum is training me to sharpen my radar—and I can tell you it’s working on overdrive! I send my signals out again.

THWIP! THWIP!

Two more arrows! Heading straight for my wings!

I rotate sideways and suck in my gut as the arrows whizz past on each side. Thank goodness I had a light lunch. But this guy is nuts!

His training is literally going to kill me!

I set myself over the pencil and drop down, wrapping my feet around its hexagonal barrel. Then, I pull up into the air.

Time to end my torture once and for all.

I spot Hexum at the far end of the gymnasium. He’s leaning on his walking stick and looking at his watch. I had one minute to get the job done and based on all of the time I used dodging killer arrows, I’m pretty sure I’m right on the bubble. But now I should be in the clear.

I’m going to make it.

I pulse out my radar one last time but nothing pings back, except for a strange reading from the pencil I’m carrying. It seems… bigger? And when I look down, I’m no longer holding a yellow pencil, but a dark green snake with yellow bands running down its body!

It's a King Cobra!

SSSSSSSSSS!

AAAAHHH!

I open my toes and the snake plummets. But right before it hits the floor it turns back into a pencil and rattles against the gym floor.

“Time!” Hexum barks, as I fly over his head.

What happened? I land on the ground and focus on becoming a kid again, transforming back to my normal self. Then, I look at Hexum’s smug face and I realize he’s tricked me again. That pencil was never a snake. And those arrows weren’t real either. Hexum put all of those things in my mind.

“You failed, Mr. Murray,” Hexum says. “When will you learn that your mind is your weakest instrument. If you are easily tricked, you will be easily defeated.”

“What can I say? You got me,” I admit.

“I did,” Hexum says. “But luckily for you, I am only your teacher. Count Dracula is your enemy. His powers of deception are legendary, and he will show you no mercy.

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