CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
Abe stared in shock at the being who should have been his friend. Munch had the powers of darkness on his side, and had not only tried to kill Abe and Stranger, but had also been the one responsible for the wiping out of that Gabbit settlement and the Mudokon slave line?
Abe’s grip on the DonnerPacker trembled, as tears beaded in his eyes. “Why?”
Munch blurred forward, one hand smacking out. Abe tried to dodge, but he couldn’t match the Gabbit’s power-enhanced charge, and the blow collided with amazing force for such a small, awkward-looking creature. Abe thudded onto the floor, the huge gun crashing down far out of his reach.
“Why what?” the Gabbit asked coldly.
“Why…” Abe gasped out, “did you…betray us?”
Munch bounced forward, lifting one hand. Abe didn’t flinch as a bolt of black lightning poured from his hand – but the sudden raw blaze of pain that poured into him made him scream.
“I didn’t betray you.” The Gabbit let up the lightning, shaking his head. “You betrayed the Dark.”
“Dark?” Abe tried to smile. “That sounds…kinda cheesy.”
More lightning blazed into him. “Don’t – insult – the – Dark!” Munch snapped, his voice brimming with menace.
Abe felt his skin begin to char, but he tried not to scream again. “Dark, light…” he said. “What are they but words? We’re morally ambiguous, remember?”
Munch frowned. “What?”
“Nothing.” Abe flicked a glance at the DonnerPacker a few feet away. If he could distract Munch somehow, then roll over and grab the gun –
Munch smiled, said “Oh, no you don’t” and fired a blast of lightning that fried the gun to scrap.
Abe clenched his fist. “Munch…where did your power come from?”
Munch said “The Dark” and blasted him into oblivion.
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