New Blood by A. C. Nicholls

Author:A. C. Nicholls [Nicholls, A. C.]
Language: eng
Format: E, P, U, B
Published: 2017-07-13T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“You have a sword,” Link screamed. “Use it!”

I snapped from my hypnotic trance. Feeling the weight of the weapon in my free hand, I drew back my arm and brought the edge of the blade down on the statue’s wrist. The hand came off easily, crumbling to the floor and shattering into a thousand tiny shards. The statue, however, didn’t make a single sound – it only reached for me with its other hand, that same face frozen behind clay.

This one I saw coming, and dodged out of the way before bringing the sword down again. The entire arm of the statue crashed to the floorboards, and I kicked it out of the way before ramming my shoulder into the beast. It toppled backward easily, smashing its way out of existence as it struck the ground.

“On your right!”

At the sound of Link’s voice, my instincts drove me to duck. It was lucky I did, too, as a long, clay claw swished just over the top of my head, the breeze blowing my hair back. I flipped the sword around so the blade faced downward, and with all of my strength, I drove its hilt into the statue’s jaw, knocking the head clean off its neck.

With two enemies down, I turned quickly to see Link halfway up the stairs, a statue on either side of him. If I didn’t move fast, they would kill him in an instant. There was no time to take the stairs, so I leapt for the bannister, climbing over the rail and landing beside Link. I quickly raised my sword into the air, ready to strike the statue below us, but came to an abrupt stop as the blade refused to budge.

Confused, I craned my neck, and saw the statue holding the sword in place.

“How…”

A clay fist shot out and struck my chin, sending a wave of hot pain searing through my jaw. I recoiled, losing my balance on the step, and grabbed hold of Link just in time to throw him to safety. His wings would take him from there.

The other statue grabbed me from behind, wrapping its tremendously strong arms around mine and dragging me back down the stairs. I tried to kick free but couldn’t gain my footing. By the time it looked like I had a fighting chance, the statue in front of me dropped my sword, letting it clatter to the ground, and then stooped over to grab my feet. Now I was being escorted downstairs, where they set me down by the front door and held me in place. I tried to shout, to call to Link to help me, but the words fell short as the basement door slowly began to creak open, a whining hinge making everyone in the room stop moving.

I watched with dreaded anticipation as I saw a pale, bare foot stomp out of the basement. A cloud of dust exploded around the heel before it stepped out even further, revealing the figure of a tall, white, man-like creature.

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