The Snake Fight by Jack Patton

Author:Jack Patton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

“Worm lizards,” he whispered over his shoulder to Roxy. He recognized one of them as having snatched Glower. “Three of them.”

“Can you hear what they’re saying?” she asked.

“Not from here. We need to get closer.”

“But they’ll see us coming!”

Max saw what Roxy meant. The light from her body would be visible all the way across the cavern. Nobody would mistake the millipede for a glowing fungus.

He pulled his hoodie off—it was still damp from Slimer’s slime—and draped it over Roxy. He tucked the hood down over her head and tried not to laugh at how strange she looked.

“That ought to do it,” he said. “Don’t move too quickly or it’ll fall off.”

“You humans are weird,” Roxy muttered. “It took me ages to shed my skin when I was small. You just pulled yours off in seconds!”

Max just laughed. “It’s not quite the same thing …”

He and Roxy climbed up the slope and carefully picked their way down the other side. The worm lizards were still next to the shallow pool.

Slowly Max and Roxy crept forward, hiding behind boulders and bulges in the cave wall, until they were close enough to hear what the worm lizards were saying.

“The new bug is bold,” said one. “He keeps insulting me. I’ll have to give him a lesson in manners, I think.”

Glower, thought Max.

“No!” hissed another lizard. “No matter how annoying—or delicious—the bug captives are, we must not eat them!”

“But I’m hungry,” groaned the third lizard. “There’s so little to eat in these tunnels.”

“The bugs are for our master, remember?” hissed the second lizard. “Think how pleased she’ll be when she sees them. That’s what we’ve been working for. Think what a mighty ally she will be for the reptile army.”

The worm lizards chuckled to themselves.

Don’t stop now, Max thought desperately. Keep talking …

“Will this offering be enough?” asked the first lizard.

“It will be enough to remind her how sweet bug-flesh is,” said the second. “When her appetite is awakened, she will be sure to come to the surface with us, to help us conquer the bugs once and for all.”

“The bugs will surrender in terror, once they see who is coming for them!” gloated the third lizard. “They cannot have forgotten the name of Lieutenant Titan!”

The moment she heard that name, Roxy let out a squeal of pure fear.

And in that instant, three pairs of tiny black eyes glared at them, full of hatred … and hunger.

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