The Komodo Conflict by Jack Patton

Author:Jack Patton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Max groggily opened his eyes. He tried to move his arms and legs, but they were held fast. He peered down and saw he was wrapped in a tight cocoon of sticky spider webbing. His cocoon swayed back and forth, suspended from a high branch in a tree. Suddenly he felt dizzy.

As the sun steadily rose across the bay, dark thoughts began to race through Max’s mind. It’s not my fault that the lizards knew all about the defenses! he thought sourly. But Jet was right about one thing: The Battle Bugs have a traitor.

Off in the distance he could still see the volcano, the Great Reptilicus, bellowing out dark smoke. Even from this far away, he could hear loud rumbling noises. The volcano was clearly about to erupt, just as the elder turtles had predicted.

Suddenly, as he peered out across the bay, an even more terrifying sight confronted Max. Row after row of lizards, of all shapes and sizes, were slowly making their way across the lava bridge.

“No!” he yelled, struggling against his webbing bonds. “They’ve already started the invasion!”

He could just make out the lizards crashing into the waiting ranks of the beach bug army. Scorpions, spiders, beetles, and even flies battered away at the invaders. For now, the sheer mass of bugs was keeping the lizards from advancing too far inland, but it was obvious the bug ranks wouldn’t hold forever.

“I’ve got to get down there and help!” Max yelled as he thrashed around, bouncing on the end of the webbing line. Being human was supposed to give him advantages the bugs didn’t have! If only he had something that could cut the web. Some human tool . . .

Wait. He thought. I do have something.

Max angled his hand into his front jeans pocket. With a flick of his wrist, his fingers closed around the rubber grip of the screwdriver he’d put back in his pocket at the science fair.

He slid the screwdriver out of his pocket and grasped it like a dagger. He dragged it up against the webbing covering his chest. The sharp metal began to cut away some of the webbing. Spider silk may have been able to hold more weight than steel, but luckily it was much easier to cut through.

“So much for Jet thinking us non-bugs were useless,” Max cried. He was trying to free his arm when a crash from below grabbed his attention.

Like a black-and-orange vision from his worst nightmare, the Gila monster was back. And it looked hungry.

Max froze.

“Well, well,” it said, licking its scaly lips. “The bugs have left me a snack, before the banquet begins. And it’s the very one I was sent to eat yesterday!”

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