It's ME again! Haha… I have a question; do any of you have DA (deviantart) accounts? I know I've met a couple or you there already, and it was fun. So if you have one, drop by and say 'Hi!' or something! My page is linkmasta13. Deviantart. com(without the spaces, but I think you guys know that already) If you don't have one, consider getting one. It is a fun way to put up your art and literature. But now I'll let you get to why you clicked on this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Underland Chronicles, although I think the idea of "Shredders" is kinda mine though… But I could always be wrong.
Gregor braced himself for his maybe future enemy. He almost couldn't take the five seconds of silence following the guards' freak-out-and-run fest. He was wondering why the enemy has not made themselves completely known. He noticed something, on the ground. Something very small, small enough to where he had to use some ecolation to spot it, but it was clearly there.
The older people, daring enough to remain in the arena, noticed it too. Some cried out as they shuffled curious children out of the arena, or on bats that were going to take them out of the arena. Only one kid remained, he stepped closer to the area of the small creature. He was making clicking sounds.
"HECTOR!" Luxa shrieked. "Get away from that… Shredder!"
Hector looked back in Luxa's direction, and then hesitantly backed away. Luxa watched him closely as he slowly crept to the other side of the arena.
"Syprus! Watch him!"
"Yes, my Queen," A thin man on a red bat flew down to Hector and shuffled him onto his bat. Once Hector was on the bat, the bat headed for the castle.
While Luxa was distracted, Gregor kept his eye on the small culprit. "Why is that puny thing so dangerous? It looks like a... Well it seems familiar. Aurora, could you fly lower, please?"
Luxa gave a slight nod. Aurora lowered closer to the ground.
"It's a caterpillar." Gregor mumbled. "Sure it's about a foot long, but come on, a caterpillar, Luxa?"
"Gregor, that's not what we're scared of." Luxa said, giving one last glance at the castle.
"Really? Because those things can be sliced to bits easily!"
"That's the baby."
"The what?" Gregor looked back at Luxa.
"She is right, Overlander. The mother must be close to the baby, which is our real problem." Aurora rose a few feet higher, seeming to brace herself.
"Thank you for explaining, Aurora. Now do you see, Overlander?" Luxa smiled at Gregor, but it was slightly forced.
Forced or not, Gregor still loved to see her smile. "Yes… But this baby must have strayed off. No mother in sight."
"SHHHHCLICK!" Came a sound from the tunnel.
"Luxa… Was that what I thought it was?" Gregor asked.
Blood drained from Luxa's face, which, her face being pale to begin with, didn't help with her complexion.
"Here's… Mommy…?" Gregor ducked his head in Aurora's fur, just in case something flew at him. "It's can't quite be bigger than a car, can it?!"
"Car?" Luxa asked. "I don't know how big a ca-"
Just then the shredder burst out of the tunnel, big, green and nasty. Its pinchers were moving at top speeds, making a grinding sound. The body was long and green with some brown spots. It had tiny suction-cup like legs. It easily rivaled the size of a school bus.
"I take it a car is not as big?" Luxa asked Gregor, his expression telling all. "Oh well, then. Hang on tight!" Luxa grabbed her sword and Gregor realized he left his by Ripred. Luxa brought Aurora down for a dive at the caterpillar.
The guards followed her lead. Luxa made a gouge at the top of the caterpillar, greenish-yellow blood seeping out.
"Luxa, I don't have a sword!" Gregor told Luxa as Aurora turned again to dive-bomb the caterpillar. Gregor quickly looked around and saw that the bats were turning circles around the creature, their riders slashing wherever they could reach.
Aurora pulled up right before hitting a fellow bat and raked her claws across the caterpillar's back. As Aurora flew around to rake again, the caterpillar's upper half launched into the air, pinchers snapping at a rider and his bat. The bat's wing was punctured by the pincher and the two went tumbling down.
"Have you yourself fought one of these before?!" Gregor yelled over the roaring wind created by Aurora's speed.
"I haven't seen one up close and alive, Gregor." Gregor had to strain his ears to hear Luxa.
"Do you know how to kill it?"
"Just keep slashing at the shredder and hope it dies soon." Luxa said forlornly.
How's that for a cliffhanger? Of course every time I do a cliffhanger, everyone hates me or the cliffhanger. But don't hate me, I only did it because I need to think the fight scene through more, and what better time to stop it then to reveal that Luxa has no real experience in fighting caterpillars? Ha, I crack myself up.
Well, reviews are appreciated; it lets me know if I'm doing the right thing.
