The Demon Lord, Haruko-Chapter Twenty Seven
Jet gritted his teeth as the beast's jaws neared his face, straining his eyes. He glanced back at his weapon. The Drifter attempted a weak grasp at it using his free left hand. Of course, his gun was too far to grasp.
Suddenly, Todd ran up and kicked the ARMs towards its master. Jet grabbed the gun and triggered it at the beast's throat.
The bullets shot through, causing the beast to fall limp beside Jet, for now. The Drifter stood up and reloaded his ARMs.
"You okay?" he asked Todd quickly, who nodded. Jet scratched his head. "Where'd Clive go?" Todd shook his head. "I'm not sure."
Clive forced his eyes open as he rose from the water. He slowly glanced around, his eyes landing on a tunnel.
Clive also noticed the beast was gone as he picked up his rifle and began a slow trek through the tunnel. The sound of rushing water was strong, and Clive noticed he was standing in water two inches high.
Jet and Todd slowly walked over to the hole where Clive had fallen through. "Damn, where is that thing?" Jet asked as Todd peeked lower as a low growl could be heard.
Jet quickly turned to notice the beast had disappeared. "Shit, where'd it go?"
Suddenly, two tentacles wrapped around Jet's right arm and tugged him, pulling him down hard.
Jet lifted his gaze to see the beast standing upon the corner of the room.
He gritted his teeth and shot, but the creature sprang to the ground and began to run quickly.
Jet winced as his arm scraped over a jagged rock. The beast was increasing in speed as it turned a corner, smashing Jet against the concrete wall.
Clive held his ARMs at the ready as a quick splash was heard. He slowly rotated his gaze, only to notice dust falling from the ceiling. Suddenly, the beast sprung on him and forced him down, its jaws snapping at his face.
He quickly grasped his rifle and shot it down, however, it began to rise a moment later.
Clive began to sprint in the opposite direction, only to have another beast knock him into a separate room.
Todd ran to the corner to see Jet use the tentacle to swing onto the beast. He then jammed his ARMs into the crystals.
"Can't you friggin' die!" he shouted as let loose a steady flow of lead into the beast's head.
It roared loudly and forced him off, but Jet was quick, shooting one of his Magnum bullets.
The bullet clashed against the beast's head, causing a loud rumble and explosion. The blue light blinded Jet and Todd as the beast incinerated.
However, it was over a moment later.
Jet rubbed his eyes and reloaded his ARMs. "Dammit! I used one of my Magnums, at least it killed it," he thought.
"Are you all right?!" Todd asked urgently.
Jet nodded. "Yeah, but we have to find Clive. He's probably in more trouble then we are."
Virginia crashed against the wall as a massive tremor occurred. "What was that?!" Gallows yelled as Virginia avoided another attack from the beast.
"How can we beat this thing?" she muttered as it sprung at her. She ducked, causing the beast to crash through the wall, falling into the darkness.
Clive ran to the corner of the new chamber, which held a large wheel which seemed to re- circulate the water. There also seemed to be a large pool of water underneath, which a gate resided.
The two beasts hurtled into the room, preparing to slaughter their intruder.
Clive wiped away a few droplets of water from his glasses before holding out his hand and creating a massive flame. He then manipulated it to grow, creating a large sphere of fire.
The beasts seemed reluctant to advance, as if they were fearful of fire.
Clive slowly stood up, waving his hand to push the fire farther, as if making a shield.
"Clive, you okay?!" Jet yelled as his comrade looked up at him. "I have been better."
Jet nodded as one of the beasts attempted to attack him. He quickly shot it back down as Todd slid down to Clive.
Jet reloaded his weapon as he also jumped down, the beasts were becoming irritated.
"So, how were you able to destroy one?" Clive asked as Jet held fast. "Well, I had to use one of my secret weapons, but I don't want to waste them."
Todd turned to them. "Hey, guys, what are they doing?"
Jet and clive glanced at the two beasts as they seemed to merge together.
"What the?!" Jet exclaimed as the two formed into a large serpent made of crystal.
Two massive fins sprouted from the sides as it roared, causing dirt and rubble to fall to the ground.
"What do you suppose we do now?" Todd stammered. Clive shook his head as Jet prepared to fire.