Page 36 of Orange Sky
How far are we from when that monster showed up? Will it follow my scent because I know Zirc is freaked out about my blood? My hand has stopped hurting though unlike before when it pulsed madly.
“Let’s move,” Zirc said in a low tone as he dragged me to the left. I don’t know which direction we are heading. The horse just followed us.
A few meters, he stopped abruptly. Good thing the forest floor is not uneven.
I hear a low growl coming from him. I looked up and saw his canines peering from his upper lips.
“Get down!”, Zirc bellowed. I barely had time to duck and avoid the monster’s lunge.
Good thing I know some basic Aikido moves during my youth as I tumbled and rolled away from him. I saw from my peripheral vision that Zirc is angry. Very angry.
I ran towards a huge tree and hide behind it. But I don’t want to be too far away from Zirc. Damn it, I always find myself depending on him too much.
I can hear more metal against metal grinding. And some huge explosions?
I tried to peer from my safe spot and gasped.
Zirc’s body is enveloped by a monster’s long tentacle and I can just feel it crushing him. He is using his broad sword to cut away from it which he does. But the monster is still underneath the ground and looks like it grew and grew. I still cannot see the body underneath it. I see some tentacles lying around their area. I counted maybe four but there are 6 more of them.
Something propelled me to move away from hiding my spot.
But I never had a chance to step forward when a strong arm gripped my middle and a strong hand covered my mouth. I looked up and saw to my relief that Zirc’s eyes are zeroed in on me.
The forest vanished and everything turned white. I felt that same nauseous feeling from before and missed the way Zirc bellowed, his pupils growing large and unconsciously set the whole monster in black fire.
14
Brynn
As soon as everything cleared up, I used my dead weight to dislodge myself from my abductor. I was able to breathe some air since he was also covering my nose!
I kicked behind me but his grip on my middle is strong. So I stepped on his toes as he dragged me inwards. I think we are in a cave of some sort. The air is stuffy but I can still breathe. I forgot that these aliens are made of sterner stuff. The guy behind me just grunted as I kicked and kicked and stepped on whatever body parts I can reach behind me.
I tried to scratch his arms but he wasn’t budging. I barely scratched his blue arm.
Blue arm.
I stopped and the body behind me stiffened. I know that bracelet.
He seemed to have realized it too that I realized it was the blue guy.
This can’t be happening. This only happens in movies right?
My mind is stressing me out thinking all sorts of scenarios instead of figuring out a way to escape.
“Breath Brynn, breathe,” he urged.
I did not realize until he said it that I was having my first panic attack. Why now? I never had a panic attack before. Or maybe I’m having my first heart attack at 29 years old?
“It’s okay. I will not harm you,” said my captor. How many times have I heard that famous lines before the kidnapped dies?
It was harder to breathe again.
I felt his hands massaging my back. More like kneading. Then he purred and that seemed to calm me down. Or maybe it’s a residual emotion from my cat back home. On earth.
How I would like to be back home and escape all these. Who do I call to when this happens? There is no police. Though I saw they have some sort of social system, I haven’t seen what can be remotely called as a police.
There is Zirc.
