Ferocious by Jeff Strand

Author:Jeff Strand [Strand, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Rusty grabbed the axe and lopped off the wolf's head with one swing. He was getting good at this.

The head dropped to the floor, landing stump-down. The wolf soundlessly opened and closed its mouth, trying unsuccessfully to bite Rusty's foot.

Another wolf ran for the window. Rusty swung the axe like a baseball bat, striking the wolf in the mouth just as its face came through, shattering its front teeth and chopping off the entire top half of its head. It pulled the bottom half of its head out of the gap, whimpering.

A third wolf smashed into the window, knocking off another board. Rusty slashed at it with the axe, getting it in the shoulder but not effectively. A fourth wolf stuck its head into the gap.

Outside, a few of the wolves began howling.

Mia ran into the kitchen as Rusty kept swinging the axe. A wolf clamped its jaws upon his arm, and he knew it would've torn off a huge chunk of flesh if not for the strips of wood. He slammed the axe blade into its back and it released its grip.

He wrenched the blade free. There was, of course, no blood on the steel. The wolf had not run off yelping, like any reasonable mammal would after taking an axe to the back, and Rusty swung the axe at its neck. This time it only went about three quarters of the way through. Its head flopped forward. It continued trying to bite Rusty.

Mia returned to the window with a can of lighter fluid and some matches. "Great idea," he told her.

Rusty lopped off the wolf's head and kicked it out of the way as Mia doused the other wolf with fluid. Another wolf took the spot of the just-decapitated one, and Mia sprayed it as well. Then she dropped the can on the floor and struck a match.

The match burst into flame, then immediately went out.

She struck another match, which did the same thing. If they survived long enough to purchase more supplies, Rusty would buy more expensive matches.

The third match stayed lit long enough for her to toss it onto one of the wolves.

Its fur ignited right away, and the fire immediately spread to the wolf next to it. The first wolf pulled away from the window, thrashing around in pain and terror. The second wolf also thrashed around in pain and terror, but it moved in the opposite direction, leaping all the way into the cabin. This was not at all what Rusty had expected when he'd told Mia that it was a great idea. Wolves on fire were supposed to run away!

Rusty swung the axe at it. The panicked wolf sprinted past him and the blade struck its tail without severing it. The wolf began to run in circles as the flames grew more intense. The smell of burnt fur filled the cabin.

It was good that the wolf was freaking out too much to attack them, but a flaming wolf was not something they wanted running around their home.

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