My Name Is Lost by Taki Drake & Etienne LeFevre

Author:Taki Drake & Etienne LeFevre [Drake, Taki & LeFevre, Etienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: My Name is Lost
Publisher: All Chaos Press
Published: 2019-12-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 – Night Fight

Charging out into the darkened street, I saw that Willow had crashed into an enormous foot, bouncing off of it and slamming into the ground. My first glimpse of the foot showed something vaguely human, with dirt-caked overgrown toenails, and covered in coarse clumps of dirty red hair. The stench was so strong as I approached that my eyes watered and my stomach clenched.

The young woman had rolled over on her back and looked up to see the total nightmare of a massive hand with vicious talons of nails reaching for her. No wonder she had screamed in terror.

Even with the abrupt and unexpected collision, the giant creature moved quickly. Although it had only taken me a couple of seconds to charge out the door after the young woman’s cry of terror had alerted me, the Thing’s hand had already descended to the ground and grabbed Willow by her torso.

Without even thinking, I lunged from the door, pulling my katana from its sheath in a smooth, controlled movement. Although aware that the Thing had its fingers totally wrapped around Willow's entire torso, I paid no attention to the size of the creature. Instead, I was focused on retrieving the young woman before she could be harmed.

There was no tension jangling my nerves, no confusion of thought. I moved like a focused predator, intent on my giant prey, and alert to everything around me.

Taking in the form of the creature in a single comprehensive look, I realized what I was fighting. The mysterious Thing was a gigantic humanoid with pale flesh covered with dirt and coarse red hair. With arms that seemed longer than human, and a head set forward on its neck, the creature was frightening in how closely it resembled a human. Even though it wore a cowhide tied around its waist, it was apparent that this was a male.

There was no more time for looking. Instead, it was time to battle. Locked on to the Thing, I covered the distance between us rapidly, swinging my katana at the monstrosity’s leg.

I could feel the discipline of countless hours of swinging my blade and fighting for my life. There was no time to wonder at the source of that, no time to discuss anything, it was just the Thing and me, locked into our own private circle of death.

The creature moved quickly, already yanking Willow higher than I could reach. Determined to prevent her abduction, I focused my slashing attacks on the creature’s lower legs.

Darting in from my left, a black and white herding dog, slammed into the Thing’s foot, snarling and providing an additional distraction for the huge monster. Although the animal did not appear to be able to draw blood, its rapid movements and loud snarls further slowed the creature down.

Confused by Willow’s shrill screaming and the large dog’s attack, it is doubtful whether the Thing even knew that I was there before my weapon slashed across the back of his ankle. I did not hold back on my blow, and the jolt of the impact numbed my right arm.

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