Chapter 26
Abbadon got the chills and the scales on the back of his neck bristled. The power radiating from Ravana was immense, vaster by far than he remembered. The last time Abbadon had met the King of the Rakshasa was 3000 years ago-give or take a century-when Yahweh had struck the bargain with Ravana to divide the world between themselves.
Ravana snorted with derision when he saw Abbadon arrive. The fool hadn't even expanded himself yet. The pipsqueak was barely 20 metres tall. The Eater of Gods apprised Abbadon's locust-like visage and his otherwise rather generic demon hooves, scales and horns. Yahweh had an appalling lack of imagination for somebody pretending to be a deity mused Ravana. He wondered if the Old Coot was still sporting a human form and a long white beard.
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Dozens of the desiccated undead mummies swarmed Alex in the inky darkness, tearing and biting at her, turning her clothes into shredded rags. Without her magic Alex was convinced she was about to die.
NO she thought angrily. That was NOT going to happen. She had to save Harry and Hermione. Then with a bloodcurdling scream she exploded.
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Harry refused to give in to the feeling that Death was stalking him. It wasn't his time. He wasn't going to leave Hermione and Alex. And he still had work to do, people to save... a world to save. He tried to maintain his breath, but it was getting harder and harder as he was dragged ever deeper into the black depths of the well by the creatures which dwelled there. Finally he couldn't hold it any longer, but instead of drowning he turned into a blazing orb of light and heat.
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The teeth of the Cthulhu scraped Hermione's legs as it lowered her headfirst into its throat. The tentacles were squeezing her so tightly, Hermione thought she would pass out from lack of oxygen. That would be a relief she thought. She didn't want to be awake as the creature digested her. But then she remembered that Alex and Harry needed her. She couldn't let it end this way.
The Cthulhu was surprised. It didn't usually get heartburn after a snack. That was its last thought as its insides melted from the blast.