Chapter 10: Cold Shoulder
Silpher smiled as the Paramite in front of him turned a shade of light blue as its body froze over. “Frostbite! Cool!”. Silpher jumped around happily. Even Lorn managed to smile at the youngster’s enthusiasm.
The atmosphere changed in an instant. Lorn yelled and ran out of his hut. “I can sense something nearby, it’s... an evil aura”. The hybrids were all shocked, Ulric approached him, “Lorn, wh-”. Suddenly every hybrid felt what Lorn had felt. Some fell to their knees, some fell backwards, all felt the overwhelming rush of fear and despair. Like static on a bad tv, their vision was clouded and tained by the evil force. Riley and Bron were screaming, Silpher yelled, “What the hell is this thing?”. A noise nearby confirmed their worst fears. They are not alone and they were in more danger now than ever before.
One thing was clear from looking at this creature. It was not friendly. While comparisons could be made to a Scrab, it didn’t look very much like one. It had an insectoid appearance, with mandibles and two sharp scythe-like arms which could only be for one thing, causing great pain and death to all who touch them. The creature started charging for Inna. Inna gasped and Silpher's eyed widened in pure terror.
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Edit: Yeah, it is one of those days. Like the kind of day when you burn your toast or forget to pick up your dry cleaning. It's all going downhill from here
