Readers: Wahaha! Am I good or what! How did you like my first cliffhanger?
Anyway, here's the next part of the story for all you who wanted to read
it...Enjoy!
A huge creature leapt from the treetops. The three screamed and jumped away, just as the monster landed where they had just been standing a second ago. It hissed and cried something incomprehensible to the three, but they did get that it wasn't very nice. They turned and ran as fast as they could.
Alex was the last one and turned his head to see how close the thing was. The monster had what looked to be the body of a spider, a REALLY big spider, and an extremely ugly human head on its "shoulders".
"Tom! What is that thing?!?" Alex shouted.
"Biologically impossible!!!"
Alex cried out with impatience, "Phi! Do you have any good ideas?!?"
Phi looked back at him, "Ya... keep running!!!"
Alex turned around and shouted in surprise. Rightly so...the spider creature was only a couple of yards away. Tom and Phi turned their heads at Alex's outburst, also seeing that the monster was catching up to them fast.
All of a sudden, the three slammed into something that definitely wasn't a tree. They looked up and saw four very large horses looking down at them, fully equipped with riders. They heard a hiss behind them and turned around sharply. The front rider took out his sword and charged the creature with a quick shout, sending the creature hissing up a tree and out of sight, jumping from tree to tree as quickly as possible. Two of the other riders went after the first but one stayed next to them.
The rider said something in an odd language and they just looked at him quizzically. Tom was studying the person intently, his eyes moving from the rider's spear down to the horse's hoofs. Phi and Alex were staring out into the trees, hearing screeches and other not so nice noises.
"Tom, what the hell is going on here?" Phi asked, her voice a little shaky, but still strong. Tom snapped back into reality, remembering that his little sister had a phobia of spiders.
"Well...I am slightly confused myself...but at the moment I would say we're being saved...by who I'm not sure yet..."
Suddenly, they heard a shrill shriek and a loud "thump". Phi grabbed Tom's arm and squeezed it until the blood stopped flowing. Alex just starred, his eyes wide. Finally the three riders rode back onto the path, their swords splattered with dark red blood. Phi let out a small squeak and, relieved that the riders had survived, Tom gently pried Phi off of his now numb arm. The riders looked down at the three teens and said something that they still couldn't understand. The horsemen then pointed their spears at the teenagers, a motion that they understood perfectly despite their obvious cultural differences. Alex starred at the spear, which was now pointed at his chest, "Heh.." he gulped, "...spears...". Tom new Phi was getting annoyed with these people, and knowing what usually happened when she lost her patience, he took her arm and pulled her and Alex in the direction that the armed men were guiding them in. The riders made a box formation around the small party to cut off their escape routes and proceeded to herd them down the dirt path.
Tom suddenly looked up, "Ha! I've got it!"
Alex replied, "Got what?" He was slightly peeved at the moment from having a spear poking into his back, which had been pressed harder into his spine at Tom's outburst, and was in no mood for Tom's scientific conclusions. "And dude, keep it down, these guys are totally paranoid or something." He said, motioning to the uncomfortable weapon sticking into his back.
Tom looked surprised and quizzical at Alex's upset tone, but then shook it off and continued his explanation happily, "Right then, accepting that these four aren't just lunatics dressed up in Halloween costumes, I've deducted that we have been transported into the Middle Ages, or something like it. Seeing that... biologically impossible humanoid-like being however, has rendered my "Middle Ages" theory obsolete, therefore, I believe we are in another dimension that has ended up progressing technologically much like the medieval times in our own world...with a few twists."
Alex looked blankly at Tom, "okay...I was following you up to the part where you started talking about the middle ages. Would you mind repeating that in stupid-people's English for the rest of us?"
As they walked on, the riders began talking among themselves quietly and occasionally looking back at the three. Phi, exasperated cried out, "Man! I hate being talked about and not knowing what people are saying!" The riders ignore her, and she raises her voice, "Hey! It's not like we can't hear you down here or anything!"
That was a strange way to end a chapter, but I have to go do my Geometry homework (@#$%#@!) I hate math sometimes... anyway, please R and R! (That way I can have an actually excuse for postponing my homework!)
A huge creature leapt from the treetops. The three screamed and jumped away, just as the monster landed where they had just been standing a second ago. It hissed and cried something incomprehensible to the three, but they did get that it wasn't very nice. They turned and ran as fast as they could.
Alex was the last one and turned his head to see how close the thing was. The monster had what looked to be the body of a spider, a REALLY big spider, and an extremely ugly human head on its "shoulders".
"Tom! What is that thing?!?" Alex shouted.
"Biologically impossible!!!"
Alex cried out with impatience, "Phi! Do you have any good ideas?!?"
Phi looked back at him, "Ya... keep running!!!"
Alex turned around and shouted in surprise. Rightly so...the spider creature was only a couple of yards away. Tom and Phi turned their heads at Alex's outburst, also seeing that the monster was catching up to them fast.
All of a sudden, the three slammed into something that definitely wasn't a tree. They looked up and saw four very large horses looking down at them, fully equipped with riders. They heard a hiss behind them and turned around sharply. The front rider took out his sword and charged the creature with a quick shout, sending the creature hissing up a tree and out of sight, jumping from tree to tree as quickly as possible. Two of the other riders went after the first but one stayed next to them.
The rider said something in an odd language and they just looked at him quizzically. Tom was studying the person intently, his eyes moving from the rider's spear down to the horse's hoofs. Phi and Alex were staring out into the trees, hearing screeches and other not so nice noises.
"Tom, what the hell is going on here?" Phi asked, her voice a little shaky, but still strong. Tom snapped back into reality, remembering that his little sister had a phobia of spiders.
"Well...I am slightly confused myself...but at the moment I would say we're being saved...by who I'm not sure yet..."
Suddenly, they heard a shrill shriek and a loud "thump". Phi grabbed Tom's arm and squeezed it until the blood stopped flowing. Alex just starred, his eyes wide. Finally the three riders rode back onto the path, their swords splattered with dark red blood. Phi let out a small squeak and, relieved that the riders had survived, Tom gently pried Phi off of his now numb arm. The riders looked down at the three teens and said something that they still couldn't understand. The horsemen then pointed their spears at the teenagers, a motion that they understood perfectly despite their obvious cultural differences. Alex starred at the spear, which was now pointed at his chest, "Heh.." he gulped, "...spears...". Tom new Phi was getting annoyed with these people, and knowing what usually happened when she lost her patience, he took her arm and pulled her and Alex in the direction that the armed men were guiding them in. The riders made a box formation around the small party to cut off their escape routes and proceeded to herd them down the dirt path.
Tom suddenly looked up, "Ha! I've got it!"
Alex replied, "Got what?" He was slightly peeved at the moment from having a spear poking into his back, which had been pressed harder into his spine at Tom's outburst, and was in no mood for Tom's scientific conclusions. "And dude, keep it down, these guys are totally paranoid or something." He said, motioning to the uncomfortable weapon sticking into his back.
Tom looked surprised and quizzical at Alex's upset tone, but then shook it off and continued his explanation happily, "Right then, accepting that these four aren't just lunatics dressed up in Halloween costumes, I've deducted that we have been transported into the Middle Ages, or something like it. Seeing that... biologically impossible humanoid-like being however, has rendered my "Middle Ages" theory obsolete, therefore, I believe we are in another dimension that has ended up progressing technologically much like the medieval times in our own world...with a few twists."
Alex looked blankly at Tom, "okay...I was following you up to the part where you started talking about the middle ages. Would you mind repeating that in stupid-people's English for the rest of us?"
As they walked on, the riders began talking among themselves quietly and occasionally looking back at the three. Phi, exasperated cried out, "Man! I hate being talked about and not knowing what people are saying!" The riders ignore her, and she raises her voice, "Hey! It's not like we can't hear you down here or anything!"
That was a strange way to end a chapter, but I have to go do my Geometry homework (@#$%#@!) I hate math sometimes... anyway, please R and R! (That way I can have an actually excuse for postponing my homework!)
