Squidink:Thankyou! That was a very... uh... well rounded review. It's nice you like it so much!
LittleMidgett: Have fun on your holiday!
Rating in case I swear in this...
Here's where it gets serious...
Pffft!! Who am I kidding?!!! AAAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH!!
Lunatic? I am. I am a lunatic. Got any questions? :)
We flew like bats shot out of a cannon, just barely keeping the Tahjinn in our sights. It reached what looked like a stretch of trees... although I couldn't be sure in our haste.
(How do we get on the ground long enough for us to morph and attack it?!) Rachel cried in frustration. She and Ax were seriously being left behind. To our surprise, the Chudnit body was actually a better flyer than the average bat. And faster.
(I don't know okay?! I didn't know it could run for this long!) I yelled back.
(I believe we may be able to track it by following the tar it is oozing) Ax said.
(But we can see it! We're not going to...)
(No! Ax is right! We land and then follow the mess it's made after we're done)
(But that means we loose sight of it and what happens if...!)
(Fine then, you tail it and tell us where it goes, all right?!) Rachel yelled at Robert.
(NO! I need Robert with me! Rtaia, keep on it and make sure you don't...)
(I'll do what I can) She replied as we swooped down to the ground, landing just to the side of the sticky tar stuff it was leaving behind. As Ax and Rachel quickly demorphed, Robert and I went straight from bat to wolf, taking off after the creature.
(Go wolf and catch up when you can!)
"Oh what the..." Rachel trailed off, and we left them to finish their demorph. We ploughed on, the stench of the creature nearly overwhelming to our wolf senses.
(I believe the creature has stopped. It is... creating something with its funny feet and the tar-like material it oozes. It is criss-crossing these vine size strings...)
(Oh don't tell me it's like a spider too!!) Robert yelled as we pushed our bodies as fast as they could go.
(It must be creating a web of some kind! But why...)
(That's how it catches its prey!)
(What prey! They don't have prey here!)
(Yes they do! Us!)
(It has created a structure in the trees ahead of you like what humans would call a spider web. It is slightly above the ground, yet well hidden... oh!)
(Oh? Rtaia, what's oh?)
(It attempted to catch me by throwing one of the vines up like a whip! It thinks I am its food!)
(Bail! Fall back and get dangerous! Ax, Rachel! You too! Think the biggest thing you can and catch up!) I yelled, pulling slightly ahead of Robert...
(I think I see it... I can't be sure... it looks so much like...)
(Robert, don't stop! Keep going!)
(Jade no!) I stopped, but... no, I was skidding! Skidding across the tar stuff it put down... back-pedalled... no! Not enough... still going...
(AHHHHH!!) I hit something big and sticky and it pulled me up.
"Ah, firsssst catch of the day"
(How the fuck does that thing know how to talk?!) Robert yelled.
(Like I have any idea!) I wailed as it pulled me up until I finally saw the creature. It was big... just as big as the Tahjinn that caught us before. I couldn't see its face, but I knew it would look exactly like the other one.
"I know who you are. You're Jade. You were meant to be my meal, but you got away"
(You... how do you know my name? How do you know me?) I demanded struggling to break free as it sat only two metres away.
"I have taken ssssome of your cellssss. I know everything about you" it almost purred as I struggled... and I broke one paw free...
Tzzzaaap!!
(AHHHH!!!)
(What the...) Robert.
My left paw went numb. It had struck me with a...
(Its tentacles! They're like... I dunno... like jellyfish! Guys, watch out!)
(Why didn't anyone tell us about this?!) Rachel yelled almost angrily from further off.
(They probably didn't know!) Robert cried as it inched closer to me, then stopped. I struggled again, pulling a leg from the...
Tzzzzzappp!!
Right leg was numb!
(Guys! A little...)
(Almost there! Hold on Jade!) Rachel cried.
Movement from behind me! Robert was on the tar ropes, running at the creature! He leaped!
Tzzzzaapp!!!
(NOOOOOOO!!!)
The thing struck him with at least six tentacles, then threw him off to the side somewhere.
(Robert? Oh god, ROBERT!!)
(What happened?!) Rachel yelled at me.
(It got Robert! Oh god... Robert! Can you hear me!)
Nothing! And I couldn't see him!
That's when an elephant, a rhino and Ax came into view.
(Ax, you shouldn't...!)
(Forget that!) Rachel snapped, powering her legs and charging at me and the creature. The rhino followed close behind.
"What weak creaturessss" it said, pulling me up and away from my friends, and Rachel screamed in frustration. But it wasn't done with them yet. It crawled down one of the tar ropes it had created, oozing still, and hung inches above Rachel's head.
(Come down here... come down here and fight!) Rachel screamed in pure frustration. She reared up and...
Tzzzzzapp!!
Tzzzzzaaappp!!
Tzzzzzzaaapp!!
The Tahjinn struck her three times with six tentacles! She staggered back, then fell, nearly crushing Rtaia.
(Rachel! Rachel, are you ok?!)
No answer. She was knocked out cold.
(Hold on Jade, I will attempt to...)
(NO! GET BACK!! THAT THING...!!)
I watched as the creature made its way to the ground, and stood about five or six metres away from Rtaia. Taunting her!
Rtaia snorted, pawed the ground with her front foot, then ran full speed at the creature!
(RTAIA NOOOO!!!)
The Tahjinn dodged and Rtaia went barrelling past. Then...
Tzzzzaapppp!! Tzzzzzzzaappp!!
Hit her in the side with the six tentacles! Her left side went numb, and she stumbled and skidded across the ground, her momentum taking her forward.
(RTAIA!!!)
(Rtaia! Rtaia!) Ax cried. Nothing. Again...
(Ax run!!)
(I... I cannot leave her!)
(Ax do it!)
(I refuse!!) he yelled, then ran at the creature, his tail held high and ready. The Tajinn mocked him, waving all of its deadly tentacles in the air, feet planted and ready.
(NO!! NO!! DON'T DO IT!!)
Fwwwaapp!!
Ax stuck! Now the thing had one less arm... but...
The Tahjinn struck back! Five tentacles now snapped at Ax, hitting him in his legs, his arms, and his tail! And he couldn't do anything to stop it!
Ax fell, paralysed and probably a little woozy. He tried to move... he moved his eye stalks around helplessly.
"Ah, an impressssive sssspecimen. But you have ssssevered one of my armssss, and I believe I must repay that favour. You will be my firsssst meal" it said, moving closer to him, then wrapping other tentacles around his body.
(AX NOOOOO!!!)
(Can't... breathe... suffocating...) he gasped. I struggled, finding the paralysing affect was only temporary, but not enough that I could free myself from the sticky net.
(Ax! Ax! Fight it!)
(Can't... can't move... need air...)
(Ax! Aaaaaaaaaaaaxxx!!!)