Found (#2 Flamestone Trilogy) by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holly Hook
Published: 2017-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Raid

“Crap!” I shout, lifting the board to head back down into the tunnel. It's the last thing I want to do.

“It's too late!” Weslie pulls me back. “We have to wake everyone up!”

She's right. The sound's too loud now. Too intense. The ground vibrates. They're free to come up through the opening and terrorize Wompitt. They're free to take prisoners.

Weslie tears open Jaden's crude door. “Everyone! Wake up! The Dwellers are getting in!”

“Huh?” someone shouts from another house.

Other people must be able to hear them. I'm sure. I push past Weslie, leaving Jaden there in his house. “Wake up!” I shout. “Get on your roofs, or something!”

The world's a blurry waterfall. Doors open. We're standing in a row of houses. People stick their heads out. They're shadows. There's no light here.

And then there's chaos.

“Dwellers!”

“Get the juice.”

“What is going on?” Ned roars from somewhere. Panic's sweeping through Wompitt.

I leave all thoughts of self preservation behind. “Ned!” I shout. I have to warn him. He might know what to do.

But my voice is lost. People run past, including the mother carrying her five year old boy. He's crying. These people are terrified.

Dwellers seethe and rush past my feet. Hundreds of red and yellow points flow around me. I grab the door frame to keep upright. They'll take me for sure. Garrett would order them to. Maybe they even want Ned himself.

The mass of Dwellers thickens around my legs and mixes in with the sound of the rain. I keep my gaze from the ground. Claws dig into my shoes. Weslie screams behind me. I bite in my cries. They scurry past me and into town, leaving the ground clear. I must not be the first target. Maybe I'm their second target and they're going after one person at a time since they have some kind of hive mind. It might be the only reason I'm still here.

Screams erupt.

People run.

It's all chaos. Someone goes down and the Dwellers swarm all over them. Two people sit on the roof of a house. Two others scramble up and the thatch threatens to collapse under them. People are getting on elevated ground. Ned roars an order somewhere. It's all water. Darkness. Terror.

“Weslie!” I shout. Is she still here?

She's hyperventilating with one hand on the bed. Jaden stands against the wall, waiting. My mind spins. I rush over and shake her. “We have to keep the Dwellers from leaving with these people!”

Weslie blinks and gathers the sticks. “How?”

“The Dwellers need to leave through this tunnel. If we block it, they can't.”

“Good idea!” She shoves Jaden again. “Down below!”

We have to do this. It's the only way to stop or slow down the Dwellers.

Weslie and I slide down the incline. A stray Dweller runs over my shoe. I don't dare look down, even though it's too dark to see it. What if Garrett's coming up this tunnel? He'll still be injured. Or it could be Roger or Larconi heading this way. They'll have guns and my axe will be worthless.

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