“You see how good it’s being by not attacking you without my instruction? Just because we were too lazy to understand how truly remarkable these weapons really are, doesn’t mean that we can’t find a way to utilize them.”
“Oh, ah!” Maggie squealed. She hobbled over. “Fucking Jesus! I’m having a baby. Will someone just get me to a doctor?!”
“She’s right,” Veylo said. “We really should be off now.”
“If you think,” Dedrus said, “we’re just gonna let you prance out of here with the Antichrist, you’re dead wrong.”
Veylo looked up to the Morarke. “Hoddy, kill these disgusting creatures.”
Deter and Mika tossed Dedrus on top of the swords. Craetis pushed Kinzer on top of him and joined his fallen allies as they ushered Maggie to the stairwell door. Veylo followed behind.
Kinzer and Dedrus slipped their swords off the floor, leapt to their feet, and hurried to the stairwell.
One of Hoddy’s tentacles rushed in front of them, slamming against their bodies, projecting them across the parking garage. Dedrus slammed into a fire extinguisher box mounted to a support beam. Kinzer hit the concrete wall, his sword rattling as it hit the floor.
“Fuck!” he cried. He dropped, his arms smashing against the concrete.
Hoddy paced toward them.
“Shit,” Dedrus said. In a moment, he was back on his feet, holding his sword out before him.
Kinzer spotted another stairwell on the other side of the garage.
“Follow me,” he ordered. He limped alongside the wall. Dedrus hurried behind.
