The Return of Swamp Thing by David Peter

Author:David, Peter [David, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
ISBN: 9780515101133
Amazon: 0515101133
Goodreads: 2824319
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1989-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Omar and Darryl, many yards away, were nevertheless knocked back by the force of the explosion. They shrieked in alarm and then from nowhere the bush they had been hiding behind grew larger, became an impenetrably thick shield of branches, blocking them from harm.

They heard a repeated series of explosions then, and realized the fire had spread to the other cars. Omar moaned. “Aw, shit, Mom’s new station wagon,” he said.

Shards of metal hurled through the air, smashing windows of bungalows, leaving trails like miniature comet tails through the night. Hundreds of them were hurled toward the boys, any one of which could have ended their young lives. Instead they buried themselves harmlessly in the bush that acted as the boys’ protective screen. Before any of the flaming pieces could cause the growing matter to catch fire, the rain extinguished it.

The rain was helping to dampen the fire roaring from what had been a row of parked cars as well.

And then the boys heard a shriek.

They stood, miraculously being missed by the last bits of metal, in time to see a creature of pure fire emerge howling from the inferno.

Completely aflame, the Leech lurched out. It twisted and staggered like an out-of-control robot. Its face was starting to melt like a waxwork. Guttural, incomprehensible sounds emerged from what was left of its mouth. Its clothes had burned away completely to reveal a crispening, blackened, and distorted body.

It lunged toward the swamp, still screaming, instinctively pounding at itself to try and stop the flames, and then it hurled itself into the waters. A huge cloud of steam rose from where it had entered, and in less than a second it had sunk from sight.

And then the boys’ view of the departed creature was blocked as the bush in front of them continued to grow. Insanely the bush twisted in and back on itself, taking on the vague shape of human features and appearance.

It stood and looked down at them with glowing red eyes.

Slowly Omar raised his hand and gave a thumbs-up. Darryl looked on with wide-eyed astonishment and then did the same thing.

The Swamp Thing looked from one to the other, stared at his own hand as if trying to recall that it, too, had once been human, and then clenched it and returned the gesture to the boys.

All around them now were shouts of confusion, people roused from their slumber by the explosions. Screams of “Fire!” and “Get the extinguishers!” abounded. The air was filled with heat, and the Swamp Thing felt the small leaves and branches of his body beginning to dry and crackle, a few trailing wisps of smoke rising from them.

As if afraid, he quickly tore the crisping leaves from himself and then strode off slowly into the shadows. He seemed to just melt into the trees as all around the boys now were adults in various states of undress, with hastily tossed-on robes or old sweat clothes, doing whatever they could to fight the fire. And

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