Rogue by C G Mosley

Author:C G Mosley [Mosley, C G]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2019-12-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The wood ape’s breath was hot, and the odor was putrid. Sheriff Cochran was fully aware he was moments away from his death. Surprisingly, he wasn’t as frightened as he thought he would be. He’d seen firsthand what these beasts were capable of and he knew if there was any chance of survival, there was no time to ponder it. Cochran’s fingers finally found the pocketknife he’d been searching for, and he quickly pulled it from his pants pocket and opened it up. With no hesitation, Cochran plunged it forward into the creature’s chest. The wood ape roared in response and though Cochran’s effort had apparently inflicted pain, the beast’s reaction seemed to come more from rage than pain.

The wood ape continued to hold him upside down with a painful grip that caused his foot to go completely numb. The now angry beast used its free hand to pull the blade free from its flesh. It studied the knife with its good eye and snarled furiously as it tossed it to the ground. Cochran used the moment of distraction to use his fists to pummel the wood ape in the center of its chest, but the effort was to no avail. The beast drew back and threw the sheriff into the air like a frisbee. Cochran struck the trunk of an oak tree with his shoulder and he fell painfully to the earth. He yowled in pain, immediately sensing that the shoulder had become dislocated from its socket.

The wood ape showed no empathy and strode toward him with purpose. Cochran could see a steady trickle of blood emitting from the knife wound he’d given the beast, but to his dismay, the wood ape didn’t even seem to notice. Cochran attempted to get to his feet, but he simply was not quick enough. Once the wood ape reached him, it reached down and picked him up by his throat. Cochran was slammed against a tree, the air immediately expelled from his lungs. Stubbornly refusing to give up, the sheriff began kicking the beast in the stomach. He continued to do this even as the oxygen supply to his brain became more and more depleted. The world began to turn black and as the last moment of his life came to a close, Cochran’s eyes drifted up to the forest canopy and the blue sky beyond. A sadness washed over him as he realized he’d never slowed down to appreciate the beautiful things in life.

Darkness…

***

“Please wake up!”

The voice was friendly but clearly panicked. It had a pleading tone but demanding too.

“Sheriff, wake up!”

Cochran’s eyes fluttered open and he again gazed upon the sky above him, minus the forest canopy.

“Wh—what happened?” he muttered in a raspy voice, just above a whisper.

“The wood ape got you,” the voice replied.

Cochran turned his head to the familiar voice and realized it as Cliff Lowe speaking to him.

“I thought I was dead.”

“You should’ve been.”

It was a different voice this time, yet still familiar. This one colder and less sympathetic to his current state.

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