Chapter 40 The Meech Nest!
"We have to keep moving! said Silak. Before it is too late."
"It is hard to walk through the Junk Waists because of all the ruble every where. If only we had that Sphere in which Trilas moves around in." explained Zin.
"I know what you mean this is tuff terran to walk through." said Kluna
Out of breath, they decided to rest a little before they were to set off towards the Mountain of Skulls again. The air was warm and muggy and there was a strange mist in the area. Suddenly they began to hear a strange scratching noise comming from underneath their feat.
"SHHH... listen, do you hear that?" said Silak
"What is it?" asked Kluna.
"I don't know, but it sounds like it is comming from under us." said Silak.
"I think we should keep moving. I really don't want to find out what that is!" said Zin.
"Yea Zin is right we already have been through enough trouble already dealing with the Gonkyaks and the Rorms and all. I don't think it is really wise to stay here. Besides we know what happens every time we take a rest. Something alweys happens guys!" explained Kluna.
"Yea Kluna is right. Silak lets keep going."
"Ok!"
But as they took one step foward the ground began to break and our friends were falling into a deep crevas within the junk. They fell for 2 minutes when suddenly they hit the bottom of the crevas. As they were expecting when they were falling to hit a rock, but fortunately they hit a soft slimy surface that cushioned them when they chashed. It was pitch dark and very steamy. The fall made them go unconscence. Silak manage to keep his eye slightly opened before he blacked out. In that split second he saw a strange shadowey figure lash at him. But he was knocked out before he could do anything.
A couple hours past and Zin began to awake from his unconscenness when he found himself along with his comrads suspended in air. Held up by a sort of slimy mucas membrane that had rope like projectiles shooting out in all different derections. The membrane in the center was driping with a sort of degusting yellow slime. Where as the hundreds of rope like projectiles seemed to sort of web the membrane itself. He then realized that he was part of this desgusting web. One of the ropes were attached to himself. He looked down and his whole body was covered in a silky slime like materal as if he were like being cacooned. The others started to wake as well.
"What is this stuff?" said Silak.
"I don't know but I think we are going to find out soon enough."
"What?"
As they looked forword they saw a bunch meeches crawing in and out of the web projecting out silk for their victoms. Zin only knew that they must of fallen into some sort nest for the meeches.
"What is this Zin?"
"If I am not mistaken I read about this. This is I believe a meech nest, and we are their dinner."
"Great what do we do now there are hundreds of them!" said Kluna.
"Zin how did you know so much about meeches? They are extinct on your continent!" Said Silak.
"We learn about them from the elders."
"Um guy's I think you should stop chit chatting and figure something out before he decides eat us."
"Who?"
Suddenly the membrane in the center began to shift as it turned and a most horrific sight appeared to them. The membrane began show body parts like arms and a face with no eyes. It had a massive belly with a huge abdomine. It began to let out this huge scream when suddenly other meeches came to sorround it. It began to polsate as a slimy egg squeezed it's way out of the creature. The other meeches sprayed out silk to catch the egg and to hold it in place. Each egg was picked up by another meech and taken to a cacooned victom. And surely enough our friends had an egg near them. The massive creature went back into a ball and the other meeches left. Leaving the cacooned victoms and our friends sorrounded by eggs.
"What the hell was that?" said Kluna
"I don't know! In ways it sort of reminded my of Maggie or Sam."
"What?" said Silak
"Long story you don't want to know, anyway we need to get out of here or we will be dinner for those meeches."
Suddenly the eggs began to hatch and out came a little meech. It started puring and hissing and investigating the cacoon. Then with no hesitation the meech screamed and took one massive bite out of the cacoon. It started devouring it and as it swallowed it, the meech grew in size. Our friends began to struggle but couldent move within their cacoon. Then suddenly their eggs began to hatch as the little meeches began screeching and hissing at them. trying to swing them selves in the webbing Zin remembered he had a small knife in his belt. Dodgeing every bite attempt, Zin reached into his cacoon and started to cut awey to get himself free. He manage to cut his friends free of the their cacoons kicking the on comming meeches.
"Common we got get out of here!" CLIMB CLIMB!" yelled Zin.
As they were climbing up the cravas through the webbing it alarmed the queen meech and so it screamed and soon enough the whole nest was following them up the crevas. The meeches were moving faster and faster as they were getting closer to the top. Silak manage to climb himself out but Kluna and Zin were still climbing.
"Here grab this branch!"
"Alright Silak!"
As they grabbed it the meeches started slashing at the two and Kluna Manage to kick the meech down the webbed crevas.
"We made it out of there in one piece! We need to be more careful!"
"Yea!"
Watch out!"
Suddenly a bunch of meechs came out of the crevas and started attacking our friends. They saw the Mountain Of Skulls ahead of them. So they ran for it awey from the on comming pack of meeches. Will they make it to the moutain? time will only tell.
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