The Book of Ga-Huel by Richard Ashley Hamilton

Author:Richard Ashley Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Spotlight

CHAPTER 10

ARMED & DANGEROUS

Draal’s metal hand tightened its grip on his ax. The sharpened blade glinted with moonlight as he patrolled the backyard. Casting a look over his spiked shoulder, Draal confirmed the Trollhunter’s mother was safe inside her kitchen, still scraping that pan. He then went back to walking the perimeter, keeping watch for any sign of that yellow-eyed figure. Draal saw nothing, but his ears detected a muted whoosh behind him. He spun around and found the lights flickering through the basement window—right below Ba-Bru-Ah. Without hesitation, Draal rolled into a ball and launched back into the house via Jim’s open window.

Inside the basement, a building shadow portal made the hanging light bulb flicker on and off. Once the vortex grew wide enough, AAARRRGGHH!!! poked his head through—only to get punched square in the jaw by Draal’s mechanical arm. Jim, Toby, Blinky, NotEnrique, Chompsky, and Claire all exited the portal in time to see their large friend slam into the floor.

“Draal! What in Gizmodius’s name did you do that for?” Blinky demanded.

“He’s finally cracked,” NotEnrique said. “Was bound to happen, really. Always trainin’, livin’ alone in a basement, referrin’ to himself in the third person—”

“Draal the Deadly has not cracked!” said Draal.

He looked in confusion from his dented hand to AAARRRGGHH!!!, whose eyes and runes now glowed an unusual shade of purple. Blinky rushed over to his best friend and said, “AAARRRGGHH!!!, you must calm yourself! The last time you looked this way, you went berserk after we brought you back to life! This rage you feel is merely a lingering side effect of that dark reanimation spell—don’t let it overtake you!”

“You—I—I rushed down here so fast!” Draal stuttered to the furious Krubera in front of him. “I thought you were—”

“TRAITOR!” roared AAARRRGGHH!!! before he decked Draal.

The blow sent Draal flying across the air and smashing into a shelf full of old paint cans. He—and the cans—fell with a loud clatter that echoed all the way to the first floor. Jim heard his mom yelp in surprise and drop the frying pan with a clang.

“Did those dang raccoons get back into the basement?” Barbara asked aloud.

Draal tackled the violet AAARRRGGHH!!! Everyone else gave them a wide berth, not wanting to be steamrolled by their considerable bulk.

“AAARRRGGHH!!! Draal! In Deya’s name, stop fighting!” Blinky bellowed.

Pressing himself against the wall, Jim looked up the stairs to the basement door, which Draal had left open in his haste. Barbara’s shadow appeared in the hall beyond the doorway, getting closer.

Flinging himself up the steps two at a time, Jim twisted off his Amulet and vanished the armor a fraction of a second before Barbara saw him. He quickly shut the basement door behind him, and blurted, “Mom!”

“Jim?! I thought you weren’t home,” Barbara said.

“Oh, did you? That’s weird! I’ve been here all the time, uh, pumping iron in the basement,” fibbed Jim, before another crash echoed below them. “With, um, Toby.”

They heard Toby scream, followed by another loud banging sound.

“Um, that’s it, Tobes! Feel the burn!” Jim called down toward the basement.

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