The Wild Huntsboys by Martin Stewart
Author:Martin Stewart [Stewart, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2021-03-09T00:00:00+00:00
PART TWO
The appearance of the Wild Hunt is most common during times of war and is believed to foretell tragedy or suffering. Legend says that the Huntsmen wear frightening masks and that though each has his own particular strengthâin bravery, resourcefulness, or cunningâit is only through their powers combined that they succeed in the Hunt for their eternal quarry.
The Wild Hunt in Popular Mythology, Chabon Lurtz
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The scrapyard was quiet and still. Smashed cars and buses were stacked around them, the jagged steel of hoods and grills jutting like broken bones. Luka ran his hand along a silver Mercedes.
âThis used to be such a fancy car. Now itâs just bits of junk.â
âEverythingâs just a bunch of parts stuck together, Rake,â whispered Hazel. âWhen you think about it, youâre just a bag of organs wrapped in meat.â
âFragile meat,â added Jem.
âYeah, yeah,â said Luka. âRight, what should weââ
âWhoa, whoa, whoa!â whispered Hazel. He lifted the Longitudinal Isolator. âWeâve not brought this stuff for nothing, have we? Thereâre security guards in here. With dogs.â He pointed the isolatorâs pen into the darkness ahead of them and closed his eyes.
âAnything?â said Luka.
Hazel nodded.
âWhat?â
âYou saying âanythingâ and âwhat.ââ
Luka punched his arm. âI mean anyââ
âI know, I know. Thereâs a guard up there. Hundred yards away. Keep behind me.â
The other Huntsboys nodded, then followed him into the darkness. Luka felt the remnants of ruined machines under the soles of his feet: pistons and springs and seat belts, dropped by the craneâs jaws like bitten-off spaghetti.
âThe guard is coming this way,â Hazel whispered. âI think.â
âYou think?â said Max.
âYeah. Hang on.â Hazel rummaged in the duffel bag. âIt was definitely in here.â
Luka peered over his shoulder. âWhat was?â
âMy visualizer. Aha!â He pulled a small, black leaf-blower-shaped thing from the bag and clicked it on.
âWhat does that do?â said Max.
âLook.â A small screen on the thingâs handle hummed into life, glowing with a mass of bright blobs.
âI still donât get it,â whispered Max.
âMe neither,â said Luka.
âOh. Well, this is us, and that little dotââ Hazel tracked a pinprick of bright blue with his fingertipââis the security guard. And thatâs his dog.â
They watched the little dots glide across the screen.
âSo itâs like Pac-Man?â said Luka.
âNo, it is not like . . .â Hazel paused. âItâs a bit like Pac-Man, I suppose, yeah.â
âDoesnât that moving light mean that the guard is coming this way?â said Jem.
âYes!â hissed Hazel, pleased. âSee, Jem gets itâtheyâre coming right at us!â
âRight,â said Luka. âShouldnât we run away, then?â
âOh, yeah,â said Hazel, as they heard the first crunch of footsteps. âWait!â he added, going to one of his pockets. âThe dogââ
âWhat now?â whispered Luka, feeling the beginnings of panic as the footsteps drew closer. âAnti-dog technology?â
âSort of,â said Hazel, waggling a sausage at him. Max stifled a laugh.
Hugo licked his lips and sat obediently.
âDid you get that from my fridge?â
âItâs our fridge, Rake.â Hazel stuffed the sausage in the eye socket of a missing headlamp in the closest car.
Crouching, his heart beating so hard it felt like
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