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Authors: Heidi Willard
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cue to run, boy!" Canto yelled. He shoved Fred through the crowd and toward the street, but they had to contend with groping hands.
Canto took a fist to the gut and face, and Fred was pulled back into the mob. He beat off some of the hands, but there were too many. "Leave me alone! Let off!" he cried out.
A howl split the noise of chaos and everyone froze. A large, fur-less form burst through the repaired wall and ran over anyone in its way. Canto pulled off the half dozen men on him and scowled as Fluffy tore through the mob, knocking everyone down and scattering them to the four winds. "Damn it, Fluffy, I told you to stay inside!" The beast raised its head and let out a great howl.
Fred noticed Canto paled, and the man grabbed the boy and hauled him out of the alley. "We need ta get very far away," Canto told him. Fred didn't like the tense tone of his voice, nor did he want to leave his beast behind.
"Why? What's wrong? Why aren't we getting Fluffy?" Fred asked him.
"Because yer beast's gone mad with anger. No good cantankus stands by and watches its owner beaten, and Fluffy stood by long enough on my orders. Now he's going ta catch up and knock the stuffing out of all those fools."
They stumbled out into the street and turned the corner, and Fred glanced back. Men flew out of the alley He was alarmed, and looked to Canto. "But shouldn't we stop him? He could kill someone!"
Canto smirked and led them into a nearby alley. "Your cantankus isn't that mean, but I would rather have the Boo take me now than try ta stop him." He noticed his words didn't comfort Fred, and he stopped them beside a pile of crates that led up to the roof of a building. "I'll handle Fluffy and keep him safe, but if you don't get yerself safely back to the castle I don't think yer cantankus would stay nice for long. Get me?"
Fred cringed and nodded. Iif Fluffy found out he was killed then the cantankus wouldn't hold back on his rampage. Canto grinned and slapped the boy's back. "That's the way, now get on up here and see that you find those two friends of yours. I heard their feet clatter over my roof just before I went outside to help ya, but there were a lot of feet following them."
Fred held out his hand. "Thanks for the help."
Canto smirked and shook the boy's hand. Fred felt like his fingers were crushed by iron. Canto nodded up the ladder. "Now get along with ya while I see how I can fix this mess."
CHAPTER 8
Fred clambered up the ladder and onto the roof. He stood on the peak and had his first good view of the city,and his blood ran cold. The streets were lit with torch fires and the roar of the huge mob echoed off the walls of the city. A few buildings burned while large crowds gathered around and cheered when the walls collapsed in on themselves. Fred noticed the abandoned cistern was also on fire. The people were lighting any and all unoccupied buildings to find more gargoyles. Guards busted down doors of buildings where they received no reply, and babies screamed in terror. It was a city gone mad with fear, and all over a single gargoyle girl.
Fred had his doubts that this people could face an army of humans, much less the menace of Canavar and the creatures under his control. His roaming eyes found something strange in the chaos. Wisps of pure white smoke rose up from the fires, and where the crowds were the thickest he beheld a white glow that emanated from the people themselves. He wondered if they hadn't covered themselves in some unknown substance to illuminate their way in the dark.
He spotted movement far off on the roof, and hurried to catch up. Fred slid down and climbed up countless roofs, and soon saw that a large group of men stood on the peaks of five roofs. In the center was a smaller, shorter roof, and the men jeered at the occupants who stood there. He didn't need three guesses to know who they captured, and anger boiled up inside him. The pair were probably terrified and quaking in each others' arms.
Fred
Canto took a fist to the gut and face, and Fred was pulled back into the mob. He beat off some of the hands, but there were too many. "Leave me alone! Let off!" he cried out.
A howl split the noise of chaos and everyone froze. A large, fur-less form burst through the repaired wall and ran over anyone in its way. Canto pulled off the half dozen men on him and scowled as Fluffy tore through the mob, knocking everyone down and scattering them to the four winds. "Damn it, Fluffy, I told you to stay inside!" The beast raised its head and let out a great howl.
Fred noticed Canto paled, and the man grabbed the boy and hauled him out of the alley. "We need ta get very far away," Canto told him. Fred didn't like the tense tone of his voice, nor did he want to leave his beast behind.
"Why? What's wrong? Why aren't we getting Fluffy?" Fred asked him.
"Because yer beast's gone mad with anger. No good cantankus stands by and watches its owner beaten, and Fluffy stood by long enough on my orders. Now he's going ta catch up and knock the stuffing out of all those fools."
They stumbled out into the street and turned the corner, and Fred glanced back. Men flew out of the alley He was alarmed, and looked to Canto. "But shouldn't we stop him? He could kill someone!"
Canto smirked and led them into a nearby alley. "Your cantankus isn't that mean, but I would rather have the Boo take me now than try ta stop him." He noticed his words didn't comfort Fred, and he stopped them beside a pile of crates that led up to the roof of a building. "I'll handle Fluffy and keep him safe, but if you don't get yerself safely back to the castle I don't think yer cantankus would stay nice for long. Get me?"
Fred cringed and nodded. Iif Fluffy found out he was killed then the cantankus wouldn't hold back on his rampage. Canto grinned and slapped the boy's back. "That's the way, now get on up here and see that you find those two friends of yours. I heard their feet clatter over my roof just before I went outside to help ya, but there were a lot of feet following them."
Fred held out his hand. "Thanks for the help."
Canto smirked and shook the boy's hand. Fred felt like his fingers were crushed by iron. Canto nodded up the ladder. "Now get along with ya while I see how I can fix this mess."
CHAPTER 8
Fred clambered up the ladder and onto the roof. He stood on the peak and had his first good view of the city,and his blood ran cold. The streets were lit with torch fires and the roar of the huge mob echoed off the walls of the city. A few buildings burned while large crowds gathered around and cheered when the walls collapsed in on themselves. Fred noticed the abandoned cistern was also on fire. The people were lighting any and all unoccupied buildings to find more gargoyles. Guards busted down doors of buildings where they received no reply, and babies screamed in terror. It was a city gone mad with fear, and all over a single gargoyle girl.
Fred had his doubts that this people could face an army of humans, much less the menace of Canavar and the creatures under his control. His roaming eyes found something strange in the chaos. Wisps of pure white smoke rose up from the fires, and where the crowds were the thickest he beheld a white glow that emanated from the people themselves. He wondered if they hadn't covered themselves in some unknown substance to illuminate their way in the dark.
He spotted movement far off on the roof, and hurried to catch up. Fred slid down and climbed up countless roofs, and soon saw that a large group of men stood on the peaks of five roofs. In the center was a smaller, shorter roof, and the men jeered at the occupants who stood there. He didn't need three guesses to know who they captured, and anger boiled up inside him. The pair were probably terrified and quaking in each others' arms.
Fred
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