Now back to Daemon and his fight against the block.
ULRICH POV:
The block fired once. It hit Daemon in the chest. He fell back with a cry.
"I hate you!" shouted Daemon. The girl nearby whimpered.
"No, Daemon, not Hate! Why do you always choose Hate?" she cried. I nudged Jeremy.
"What the heck is Hate?" I asked him.
"How should I know?" Jeremy demanded. We turned our eyes back to the battle.
Something strange was happening to Daemon. He was writhing on the ground and his skin was moving eerily, like something was moving beneath the surface. The girl had hidden behind a column. I was completely clueless as to what was going on. So was the block apparently. It trundled over to him and started prodding him with its sensor. Soon, 20 other blocks came to join the first. Daemon was going to die.
Then the unexpected happened. Slimy black tentacles erupted from Daemon's skin. The girl screamed. Jeremy and I stared at the grisly spectacle slack-jawed. The block nearest to him flew backwards.
Then something resembling a head rose from the writhing mass of tentacles. There were two red splotches were the eyes should have been. This was obviously its form of eyes.
Then a mouth formed. The jaw was thick and heavily muscled. On both the top and the bottom of its mouth was lined with many rows of teeth the size of steak knives. But it didn't stop there. The head rose and rose. Then arms and an upper torso appeared. The arms were long and well built. At the end of each arm was a hand with three fingers and a long, sharp claw attached to each one. On its back were sharp spines that destroyed any hope of hanging on its back.
Then the tentacles receded into the thing as it grew. Two legs appeared. Now the thing was complete. It stood 6 meters tall. It gazed down upon the outmatched blocks. Then it roared.
"Aaah! Arrgh!" I cried, clamping both hands on my ears and throwing myself on the ground. Next to me, Jeremy did likewise. The roar was extremely loud.
The blocks immediately started firing. As the lasers hit the giant, it didn't budge. It was absorbing the lasers! The thing raised its arm and pounded the ground. The actual fist hit half of the blocks, while the shockwave slaughtered the rest. After the killing was over, the thing turned to look at me. Jeremy and I froze with terror. I broke out in a cold sweat.
"Well," It said in a loud, hissing voice. "I've never had an audience before." I bravely stepped forward. I looked it straight in the eye. (splotch?)
"What are you?" I asked it, sounding more confident than I felt. The thing laughed.
"I? I am Hate! I am man's worst enemy," it answered. Oh. So that was Hate. Then I asked the question that was bothering me.
"Are…are you going to kill me?" I asked timidly. Suddenly, a huge hand reached in and grabbed me. I couldn't help it. I screamed. Then the other huge hand reached in and grabbed Jeremy. We were brought close to Hate's face. Then it examined us each in turn.
"You," Hate said, indicating me. "are a warrior trained in Pentchak Silat. You hate," It then licked its lips, liking the mention of its name. "William for liking Yumi," My eyes widened, for he had described me perfectly. "I can use that hate against him." Who 'him' was wasn't clear, but I'm sure we were to find out soon.
"You," Hate said, turning to Jeremy. "are an extremely gifted kid and useful in the use of computers. You will help me use the supercomputer. And no, I will not kill you." Jeremy and I let out the breath we were holding.
No cliffhanger, but it was a creepy chapter. You want to see the Luna pictures. You want to see the Luna pictures. You want to see the Luna pictures. You want to see the Luna pictures. You want to see the Luna pictures. You want to see the Luna pictures.
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