Savage by Thomas E. Sniegoski
Author:Thomas E. Sniegoski [Sniegoski, Thomas E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2016-05-30T23:00:00+00:00
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Halfway down the hill to the marina parking lot Cody realized that what he was doing probably wasn’t the smartest of things, especially given the current situation.
His father hadn’t been in the house. He’d thought maybe he had gone up to bed early, but the second floor was as empty as the first. It didn’t look as though his father had been home.
The relief he’d experienced when Rich pointed out the flashing light in the marina office was huge, momentarily canceling out his common sense.
Cody sped up his pace as he reached the lot. He kept his eyes on the front door to the office, and how the lights continued to flash off and on, and was startled—coming to a sudden stop—as the door came flying open and his father appeared in the doorway.
Cody raised his hand in greeting and was about to call out to the man when he saw that his father was yelling something to him that he couldn’t quite hear over the storm.
Then he noticed the blood on his father’s hands and the cuts that now adorned his face.
And was finally able to understand what it was that his father was yelling.
He was telling him to run.
Panic gripped him, and Cody started to look around the parking lot for any signs of trouble, while continuing toward the office. He started to run across the rain-swept parking lot, then felt his blood temporarily freeze in his veins, stopping him cold, as he saw something moving out from beneath a parked car. It turned out to be an empty potato chip bag caught in the stream of rainwater, and he breathed a sigh of relief as he continued toward his father.
His dad still stood frozen in the doorway, and the closer he got, the more he saw the look of absolute horror on the older man’s face. Cody wanted to tell him that everything was all right, that he and his friends were here to take him with them, but then he realized that his father wasn’t looking at him—
He was looking above him.
He heard the sound coming closer and looked up just in time to see the huge seagull as it descended, sharp yellow beak pecking at his scalp. Cody cried out at the sudden pain from his head, arms thrashing above him to drive away the attacking bird. And where there had only been one before, now there were many, their powerful wings beating the air as they dove to attack.
It was like being in the center of a tornado, the flock of seabirds swirling around, pecking and slapping him with their powerful wings.
Cody could feel the warmth of his own blood as it ran down his neck and back. He raised his hands above his head in an attempt to ward off the birds’ assault, but those too became objects of their attacks.
Blinking the blood from his eyes, he saw his father about to move from the front door. Gulls were swooping to attack him as well, and Cody screamed for him to get back inside the office.
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