The Chronicles of Qi by J E Kerry

Author:J E Kerry [Kerry, J E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-06T22:00:00+00:00

* CHAMBER 2 *

As the last one of these spiders is killed, the Dark Forest magically transforms into a snowy mountain range, with the cocoon opening and releasing Brian to the ground.

The now uncloaked team gathers around him, and Jodie quickly scrolls on her Visuals for the antidote of the spider poison that still runs through Brian’s system. Meanwhile, Wang uses his right hand-glove and revives his teammate’s heartbeat.

A moment later, Jodie uses the tip of her glove to administer the antidote on Brian’s neck.

“Come on Brian, wake up.” Wang says concerned while he elevates Brian’s legs up and helps his blood circulating back to the heart. The tension increases with every second that passes until Brian finally gasps for air and is back with his usual charm within seconds.

“Hope you missed me,” he says with his eyes slowly opening and finding focus again.

“Not a light-second,” Rahul answers joking and reaches his hand out to him, pulling Brian up.

“Let’s scan the terrain,” Aaron suggests.

“So far, I haven’t found anything” claims Jodie. “This looks like a place of respite guys.”

But just as everyone believes to be safe, they are being surprised by two giant hybrid bird breeds with three heads each and dangerous Scorpio tails, arriving on the mountain’s peak to initiate with a roar.

“Oh boy,” Brian exclaims, “What exactly were you scanning Jo?”

“I scanned the entire terrain,” Jodie protests.

“But these came from the sky,” Wang points out.

As if a referee blows the whistle the creatures shoot out of the Mountain cliff and go after the adventurers.

The team defend their territory bravely and skillfully, with the entire arsenal of the suit at their disposal, yet they find themselves making no headway with the birds.

The physical flexibility and speed of them make it difficult for the team to strike and kill them as the creatures constantly bob and weave out of the way.

Wang runs away from the onslaught of one and manages to get behind a snowy rock just in time for the bird to graze its underbelly on the sharp points of it. This marks the one and only hit they can make so far.

The team are getting incredibly angry with the frustration and the birds appear to be toying with them.

On top of that, the weather unexpectedly changes, and a storm starts to brew above them. In a moment of distraction, Jodie is hit by the bird’s claw, lifted up by an artificially strong gust of wind, and thrown down the cliff.

“Jo!” Philipe calls out for her in worry.

The forces of nature seem to team up with the monster-birds as they affect the team one by one.

Paralyzed by the realization that Jodie is gone, Philipe stops fighting and is knocked unconscious by the bird’s wing. Wang communicates telepathically to Aaron, Rahul and Brian to keep the birds busy while he jumps down the cliff-face, searching for Jodie. He finds his teammate half unconscious right in front of a snowy cave entrance; her arm dislocated.

Wang shakes his head, “I guess we’ve

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