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Authors: Thomas E. Sniegoski
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scrabbled from the bodies of their victims to climb up the limbs of the giant’s body.
“I’m right here,” Cameron found himself responding, waving the sword of fire to attract the monster’s attention. If he could get it into the train, the close quarters would work in his favor. “Why don’t you come and say hi.”
The thing looked at him with venomous hate, and almost lunged for him, before drawing back.
“Tricky, tricky, angel-meat,” the giant spider spoke.
“Come on. I’ll show you how tricky I can be,” Cameron taunted.
“Uttu can be tricky as well,” the monster said with a horrible chuckle, and then suddenly withdrew from the hole in the train’s ceiling.
Cameron swore beneath his breath, charging across the car and spreading his wings to fly up through the ceiling in pursuit of Uttu, the giant spider. Thick strands of webbing suddenly shot through the hole, wrapping around his body as if they were somehow alive. The more he fought, the tighter they seemed to bind him, and even when Cameron managed to cut himself away from the cords that held him, more of the sticky stuff whipped after him.
“Tricky, tricky,” he heard Uttu say from somewhere above. Then it started to laugh, along with its children. It was one of the most horrible sounds Cameron had ever heard.
The webbing grew tighter around his torso, and Cameron could feel a tug from above as the giant spider tried to extract him from the subway car. He was about to summon another blade of fire, when he remembered that the point of his mission was to kill whatever beast was threatening the subway.
He wasn’t about to kill much of anything hiding down with the corpses.
Cameron let himself be drawn up through the opening, Uttu waiting to pounce just as he emerged from the subway car. But Cameron was ready, reigniting his sword of fire to cut away the webbing that bound his hands. As he flexed the muscles in his back, causing his wings to explode, he tore the rest of the fibers away.
The huge spider wasn’t expecting that, and screamed in anger as it spun more webbing to capture him. Cameron had to move quickly, flying above the sticky cords that sought him out as he glided toward his adversary.
His skin crawled with the sight of Uttu’s back, covered with the writhing bodies of its screaming babies, and he lashed out, the divine blade cutting a burning swath across the creature’s crowded back.
Raging in pain and anger, the giant spider spun around, directing another barrage of webbing from its mouth in an attempt to pull him from the air.
Cameron angled his body so that the sticky spew missed him and connected to the tunnel wall. Sensing an opportunity,the Nephilim reached out with his fiery weapon and ignited the spider monster’s webbing with the tip of his sword.
Just as he’d suspected, the heavenly flame began to consume the demonic fibers, racing down their length toward where they had originated.
To the still open mouth of Uttu.
There was a flash of divine fire, followed by the most horrific of screams, and Cameron could not help but feel satisfaction. Uttu’s head was engulfed in yellow flames as the giant spider raced atop the subway cars, spreading the fire.
Cameron flew above Uttu and then dropped down to deliver what he expected to be a killing blow, but just as he drew back his blade, the spider showed that it still had some fight left.
One of its clawed limbs lashed out with blinding speed, trying to slash his taut stomach.
While avoiding the flailing limb, his wing struck the stone ceiling of the subway tunnel, causing him to fly off balance and drop to the train tracks.
He landed in a tumble then and sprang up, ready for Uttu to attack, but only a few of the babies skittered across the gravel. Cameron quickly dispatched them.
But the queen spider was nowhere to be found.
“Crap,” Cameron spat, leaping into the air and onto the subway car. In the distance he saw the giant spider attempting to escape,
“I’m right here,” Cameron found himself responding, waving the sword of fire to attract the monster’s attention. If he could get it into the train, the close quarters would work in his favor. “Why don’t you come and say hi.”
The thing looked at him with venomous hate, and almost lunged for him, before drawing back.
“Tricky, tricky, angel-meat,” the giant spider spoke.
“Come on. I’ll show you how tricky I can be,” Cameron taunted.
“Uttu can be tricky as well,” the monster said with a horrible chuckle, and then suddenly withdrew from the hole in the train’s ceiling.
Cameron swore beneath his breath, charging across the car and spreading his wings to fly up through the ceiling in pursuit of Uttu, the giant spider. Thick strands of webbing suddenly shot through the hole, wrapping around his body as if they were somehow alive. The more he fought, the tighter they seemed to bind him, and even when Cameron managed to cut himself away from the cords that held him, more of the sticky stuff whipped after him.
“Tricky, tricky,” he heard Uttu say from somewhere above. Then it started to laugh, along with its children. It was one of the most horrible sounds Cameron had ever heard.
The webbing grew tighter around his torso, and Cameron could feel a tug from above as the giant spider tried to extract him from the subway car. He was about to summon another blade of fire, when he remembered that the point of his mission was to kill whatever beast was threatening the subway.
He wasn’t about to kill much of anything hiding down with the corpses.
Cameron let himself be drawn up through the opening, Uttu waiting to pounce just as he emerged from the subway car. But Cameron was ready, reigniting his sword of fire to cut away the webbing that bound his hands. As he flexed the muscles in his back, causing his wings to explode, he tore the rest of the fibers away.
The huge spider wasn’t expecting that, and screamed in anger as it spun more webbing to capture him. Cameron had to move quickly, flying above the sticky cords that sought him out as he glided toward his adversary.
His skin crawled with the sight of Uttu’s back, covered with the writhing bodies of its screaming babies, and he lashed out, the divine blade cutting a burning swath across the creature’s crowded back.
Raging in pain and anger, the giant spider spun around, directing another barrage of webbing from its mouth in an attempt to pull him from the air.
Cameron angled his body so that the sticky spew missed him and connected to the tunnel wall. Sensing an opportunity,the Nephilim reached out with his fiery weapon and ignited the spider monster’s webbing with the tip of his sword.
Just as he’d suspected, the heavenly flame began to consume the demonic fibers, racing down their length toward where they had originated.
To the still open mouth of Uttu.
There was a flash of divine fire, followed by the most horrific of screams, and Cameron could not help but feel satisfaction. Uttu’s head was engulfed in yellow flames as the giant spider raced atop the subway cars, spreading the fire.
Cameron flew above Uttu and then dropped down to deliver what he expected to be a killing blow, but just as he drew back his blade, the spider showed that it still had some fight left.
One of its clawed limbs lashed out with blinding speed, trying to slash his taut stomach.
While avoiding the flailing limb, his wing struck the stone ceiling of the subway tunnel, causing him to fly off balance and drop to the train tracks.
He landed in a tumble then and sprang up, ready for Uttu to attack, but only a few of the babies skittered across the gravel. Cameron quickly dispatched them.
But the queen spider was nowhere to be found.
“Crap,” Cameron spat, leaping into the air and onto the subway car. In the distance he saw the giant spider attempting to escape,
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