The Monster Within by Darrell Pitt

Author:Darrell Pitt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Published: 2015-03-11T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

With a sense of doom, Jack remembered the house had no back exit. He shot Scarlet a look. We’ll have to fight our way out.

But what about Miss Bloxley? She had endangered her own life to help them and now she was sure to be hurt.

‘You’re in our way,’ Miss Bloxley said. ‘If you’re smart, you’ll move.’

The man laughed. ‘We’ll move,’ he said. ‘Upstairs, where you can answer some questions.’

‘I don’t think so.’

Jack swallowed. How could Miss Bloxley appear so calm? She didn’t look afraid at all, and his heart was about to explode with terror!

The gang leader produced a knife and started forward. ‘Look, you old bat,’ he said, ‘you play nice with us—’

‘Snake strikes!’ Miss Bloxley cried, raising both arms high. ‘Mongoose falls!’

She took a step forward, knocked the knife aside, grabbed the man’s wrist and twisted until something snapped. He screamed. She forced his arm back, slamming the knife into the shoulder of the man behind her. Another man made a grab for her, but she poked him in both eyes.

‘Tiger bites!’ she screeched. ‘Deer hides!’

She kneed the next man between the legs and he hit the ground, groaning in agony. A man with a beard produced another knife. But Miss Bloxley kicked it away, punched him in the face and snatched up the weapon. Throwing it, she cried out, ‘Dove in flight!’

It hit the last man in the shoulder. He fell to the ground, screaming.

Finally, she leapt into the air and landed on the fourth man. ‘Elephant walks!’ she screamed. Bones broke. ‘And jungle shakes.’

Miss Bloxley turned to Jack and Scarlet. ‘We had best be going children,’ she said. ‘On the double.’

Speechless, Jack and Scarlet climbed over the group of groaning men and ran at a steady pace for three blocks until they reached the high street. People were everywhere. Delivery trucks dropped off goods. A steam-powered garbage truck picked up bins. Steamcars and horse-drawn carriages crowded the road.

‘Miss Bloxley!’ Jack exploded at last. ‘That was incredible! How did you do that?’

‘Through a combination of martial arts styles—karate, jiu jitsu, wing chun and several others.’

‘Did Mr Doyle teach you?’ Scarlet asked.

‘Did he teach me?’ Miss Bloxley looked insulted. ‘Who do you think taught him? Doyle would be far more accomplished if only he applied himself.’ She glared at Jack. ‘Like some others I know.’

A shot rang out, ricocheting off a wall. Jack turned to see the group of men, bleeding and battered, in a steamtruck halfway down the block.

‘Quickly!’ Miss Bloxley said. ‘We must get to the airship terminal—’

Bang!

She cried out, gripping her arm. ‘Dash it all! I’m winged!’

A policeman stood on the other side of the road. He gave a long pull on his police whistle. People ran in all directions, screaming and pushing to get out of the way.

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