Going Wild 2_Predator vs. Prey by Lisa McMann

Author:Lisa McMann [McMann, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Monkey Business

Charlie yelped as she realized who she nearly ran into. She quickly looked away, trying to hide her face from the light. Maybe they wouldn’t realize it was her—the girl who’d slammed their heads together in the warehouse earlier that week. Charlie could only be so lucky.

“Excuse me,” she muttered, and tried to go back to the restaurant.

“It’s the girl!” said the bull soldier with a snort. “Grab her!”

The large woman grabbed Charlie’s arm in a strong, vise-like grip and yanked her back.

“Ouch! Watch it!” Charlie felt her device grow warm. She punched at the woman’s face, hoping for the strength ability and getting it—and felt her fist slam hard against the woman’s nose, which curved up and ended in a sharp point. The soldier’s head ricocheted back, but she didn’t let go of Charlie’s other wrist. In pain, Charlie shook out her stinging hand and tried to wrench herself away, but she was stuck.

“Get her, Braun!” The woman shoved Charlie at her companion.

Braun grabbed Charlie around the waist and lifted her high above his head. Her body was a toothpick in his hands, and he was pinching her tightly. She looked down and noticed he had strange, thick fingers on each hand, like cloven hooves that split open wide.

“Let me go!” Charlie said. She swiped at his head, but her arms were too short to reach him. She kicked blindly, trying to hit him in the face, and looked frantically toward the restaurant. There was no one in sight. Maria must have listened to Charlie’s mom.

“Maria!” Charlie shouted. Braun began to lumber slowly back toward the bank building with her in the air overhead.

A second later Maria appeared at the door. Her eyes opened wide. And then a furry beard sprouted from her chin. “Mrs. Dr. Wilde! Hurry!” she shouted, and dashed out the door.

Braun swung Charlie around and she lost sight of Maria for a moment until she came full circle. Maria grimaced and yanked her tail out of her jeans.

“Help me!” shouted Charlie. She reached for one of Braun’s cloven hands and tried prying the hoof-fingers apart using her strength ability. Braun started lowing in pain and he yanked that hand away. Charlie pounded his other forearm and twisted in his grip, managing to loosen herself. She fell hard to the ground as the soldiers turned around to face their new surprise monkey attacker.

“You leave her alooone!” howled Maria. She ran hard at the soldiers and sprang into the air . . . jumping right overtop of them and landing on the sidewalk. “Whoops,” she said, hopping back up. She turned around and charged again, slamming into the brutes like Charlie might have done. But they went nowhere. Maria bounced off the woman’s chest and landed on her back, the wind knocked out of her.

“Try doing monkey things!” Charlie said as she jumped on Braun’s back and covered his goggles so he couldn’t see. “Swing and use your feet! Remember?”

“Right on, right on,” muttered Maria, trying to get her breath back and focus on what she knew she could do.

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