[Red Moon 01.0] Time Trap by Micah Caida

Author:Micah Caida [Caida, Micah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780988607934
Google: nk0amQEACAAJ
Amazon: B00B4IZATS
Publisher: Silver Hawk Press LLC
Published: 2013-06-15T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Rearing up again, the croggle prepared to lunge in another attack.

I screamed again at the scout. “Run!”

He stayed frozen in place between the croggle and me.

As the monster arched forward then plunged down, I ran full out, smashing into the scout, my body throttling us both forward. The monster’s hot breath rushed past us ahead of its jaws slamming the empty space where the scout had stood seconds ago.

The scout rolled twice with the momentum from my blow, which must have shaken him out of his stupor. Jumping up, he yelled something at me that I couldn’t hear over a loud whine.

I was too busy scrambling away from the monster now that the scout could save himself. When I turned to see the beast’s position, a massive claw swung toward me with hyper-speed.

I twisted to dive away, but didn’t move fast enough to dodge the sharp tip of a claw the size of my forearm. It raked a burning slash across my stomach and side. Arching in pain, I forced myself to keep scrambling, barely avoiding the solid thump of a foot pummeling the ground where my head had just been.

“Ayeeee! Here! Here!” I heard Callan shouting somewhere nearby. “Croggle. This way.”

Smart guy. Taunt the monster away. Then what?

Rolling my head to the side, I saw the scout sprawled on the ground with Etoi on top of him, a spear at his chest.

The tek-nah-tee yelled up at her, veins in his throat standing out.

I couldn’t make out anything he said.

Etoi pushed the tip of the spear into the scout’s chest and yelled right back. That shut him down.

Scary girl.

Further away, Callan kept distracting the monster as he shot back and forth so fast in front of the creature that I could barely see Callan’s legs move. But a person could only do that for so long before he gave out or made a mistake and got caught.

I couldn’t leave him to deal with the croggle alone, not when he could’ve gotten away with the others if I hadn’t stayed to save the scout. Callan’s enemy.

Clenching my teeth, I clamped a hand on the wound gouged deepest at my side and struggled to my feet. Where had the power within me gone? What had brought it on?

Then it dawned on me that the energy had powered up when that scout headed toward the child.

If that’s what it took to bring on the energy, I imagined the croggle turning on that little boy after it killed Callan and me.

At once, heat churned in my middle. I staggered toward the croggle now down on all its limbs, pounding the ground and snorting, snapping at Callan. Power swirled inside me, building. I started jogging.

Callan split his attention for a second, glancing my way, and roared, “Stop. Nooo!”

I couldn’t look. No distractions. Moving my feet faster forced blood to gush around my fingers. I felt dizzy and shook it off, growling. The power coiled tight then expanded. I yelled at Callan. “A spear!”

Fury made the veins stand out on his forehead.

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