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I know that I must do something, but I do not know what.
I cannot allow my family to become food for this terrible creature.
I slip away from Fox’s side, as he crashes to his knees, sobbing at the ground.
All I can think of is that I must help, and it must be now.
The flash of light from the sky comes cracking down close to where Scar was just standing a second after I use my tongue to tug hard on the monster’s left arm from behind, hard enough to make him topple to the side. His angry gaze fixes on me as he straightens and turns. I whip my tongue back before he can do something nasty to it.
It is my only weapon. I cannot afford to have it ripped apart.
I dart out of the monster’s way as he makes a grab for me, my speed and agility finally counting for something. I make him chase me for a while, taking his concentration and making him increasingly angry. When he straightens suddenly, howling at the sky for a second time, it appears to be a pain-fuelled sound caused by something Scar stabbed into his scaly lower body.
My leader stabs another stick into his tail, and he howls again, before he whips around, away from me to roar at Scar and lunge toward him.
I use my tongue again, allowing Scar a chance to stab him another couple of times.
This time when he turns to me, he roars at the sky and the crazy weather gets worse.
The bolt of lightning comes close enough to singe some of the skin on my leg, but I get away in time to avoid certain death. I do not think we will manage to avoid many more of those fatal strikes.
I would do anything to save my brothers, but I cannot think of something that will be enough to end this fight. All I can do is hope to distract the monster until someone else thinks of something.
The ground is getting slippery from the rain, and my tongue is getting tired from being used to yank around the monster’s arms. One of my brothers must think of something soon.
I do not know what will happen if someone does not.
The monster grows tired of chasing me and turns back to lunging at Scar.
I notice where Scar is getting his pieces of wood, and I start doing the same.
If nothing else, we can make the monster bleed.
It does not feel like we are going to win this battle, but I will not give up until I am dead.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Fox
Myfatheristheone who exiled me, believing I would die. It is a painful thing to learn, and it was made even more shocking by the way in which it was revealed, without words but without a shred of doubt. I am still in deep emotional pain when everything starts to go crazy all around me, but I know what needs to be done.
I let instinct take me over as I rush toward the treeline behind the house.
The plants all around this town are the same, and everyone knows to leave them alone.
I take my knife out of my pouch and carefully clip a few branches worth of the berries into the small pouch I carry before I tie it closed and secure it back onto the strap of my loin cloth.
“Fox!” Scratch calls out to me, rushing toward me. “We need …”
“I know,” I yell back, through the howling wind and rain. “I noticed!”
Snake dove straight in to giving the chimera the run around while I was falling apart.
He’s doing a good job of distracting the beast, alongside Scar, who seems to be re-planting our father’s fence into his snake tail.
“I need to get up high,” I yell at Scratch.
He frowns, looking around.
