Galactic Keegan by Scott Innes

Author:Scott Innes [Innes, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783527762
Publisher: Unbound
Published: 2020-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

IT IS NOT TODAY

Like Ryan Giggs in his prime, it was so damn fast. One minute I was standing there in the cave trying to take in what Gerry had said – how could the Watlaq on the ground all suddenly be dead? – the next, it was chaos.

Gerry was a silhouette in the diminishing light, looking at me with his back to the world beyond. Suddenly, the light was all but extinguished by three enormous shapes hovering in the air directly behind him. Akplatak shrieked in dismay and threw himself into Gerry’s path as a shield as the Winged Terror floating in the centre lunged for my best friend. The three beasts were larger than any of those the Watlaq had already vanquished. Akplatak was left with a deep gash in his shoulder as he sank to his knees beside Gerry, who had been knocked backwards as the Winged Terror swiped at the tribe leader.

‘Get away from the edge!’ I roared as the other two Winged Terrors knocked a couple of the Watlaq out of the cave entrance to the ground far below. Thankfully they didn’t require Barrington12’s translation of this instruction, they backed away quickly enough on their own. I ordered the robot to go and stand at the far end of the cave to protect Rodway from further harm – the lad had fainted in shock at the return of the foul creatures. I was about to tell Gillian to get back too, but she collected a spear from the cave floor, dropped by one of the fallen warriors, and threw it at the Winged Terror on the right. It struck right above the heart, a deep, piercing wound. It squawked in pain and fury and fluttered backwards away from the cave mouth, trying to grip the spear with its enormous claws to yank it free.

‘Heck of an arm you’ve got there!’ I cried, genuinely impressed. ‘I’ll take care of the bugger on the opposite side!’

I looked around for a discarded spear of my own but there were none to hand. I looked up at poor Akplatak, bleeding badly on the ground beside Gerry, who was just sitting pressed back against the wall of the cave, staring intently at the two remaining Winged Terrors (the third still ailing in the background) as they laid siege to the Watlaq. The tribespeople had won a famous victory first time around, but with this surprise attack they looked hideously unprepared and horrifically disorganised.

‘Gerry!’ I cried. ‘Throw me your man’s spear!’

He didn’t respond. Surely he hadn’t fallen asleep? That’d be just like him as well. Mind you, I’m hardly one to talk. I often used to nod off on the touchline during matches and on being startled awake, with the game still in progress, I’d have to ask the fourth official what the score was.

‘Gerry!’ I shouted, harsher in tone this time. ‘Akplatak’s out for the count, son, throw me his spear!’

Slowly, as though hypnotised, Gerry turned and looked at me and I was disturbed to see a completely vacant expression in his eyes.

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