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QUETZAL'S FLOCK CHAPTER 22 Nuraghe spotted it first and pointed. Hammadi tried to tear himself out of Kane's grip but he tightened his hold on both of them. They watched in horror, as the waters surged and parted and tentacles began to twine around the combatants. The hideous shape of the Krain reared above the surface. Kane could see that it killed by crushing. Coiling round and round the body of its victim, squeezing out the breath, strangling until the struggles ceased. Its mouth was a nightmare, a serrated, pulsating tube, which oozed with digestive juices - no 142
QUETZAL'S FLOCK doubt, in anticipation of the feast. Obeid and Eridos forgot their combat and started to scream. They still had breath to do it. More tentacles came into play and started to draw them beneath the surface. Kane screamed. "Kill it!" A jet of pure light lanced out from the front of the Bole. It hit the creature high, above the wide open gullet. The monstrosity shuddered but it kept going, concentrating its efforts on subduing the two men in the quickest possible time. The Bole struck again. This time, with precision. Kane wondered if it was too late. Obeid was limp. His limbs twitching and his face black - Eridos was little better. The Krain tried to drag them into the security of deeper water. "Finish it! Slice it to pieces! Constant fire! Destroy it!" It might have sounded as if he was enjoying himself. Afterwards, he supposed it was not every day that you would find a stark naked man on a purple seashore, yelling orders to a square box on six legs, instructing it to dissect a multi-tentacled abortion of creation. The Bole complied with his instructions. It was calmly methodical. It neatly sliced off the tentacles holding the limp bodies. Eventually, there was only the torso left, writhing in its death throes. It stained the water with a fluid which went for its blood. Kane released his grip on the wrists of the two young men and they darted into the water to recover the victims. The Masters of Psi played one of their anomalous games. Nuraghe brought in Obeid, whilst Hammadi collected his father. The Krain, or what was left of it, sank beneath the surface. There was a brief turmoil, a seething of tentacles, as others of its kind finished it off. It was the classic example of waste not - want not! They worked on the limp figures of the princes of the people of the Ship. Kane moved between the two sweating youngsters, who were trying to pump the water out of them. They wrenched off their sodden Kous. Eridos' ribs would be sore for a long time, if he lived. They were black and blue, with abrasions where the bony scales on the inside of the tentacles had clawed into the flesh. Obeid was no better, his blood trickled, he was still alive. The young men got them breathing and they started to moan curses after a while - it was a good sign! Kane looked at Hammadi cradling his father's head. He could feel no jealousy, it seemed right and natural. He looked across at Obeid, he was taking a little longer and Nuraghe was swearing at him like a trooper. He had an impressive vocabulary. Eventually, they were able to sit and face each other. There was no doubt that Obeid was the worse for wear, although Eridos wasn't much better. Kane delivered a lecture whilst they had no breath with which to argue. "Well, you bloody fools! Not only did your pig-headed stupidity nearly get you killed, but you nearly included your two rescuers. Your blind hatred makes you unsuitable to be leaders. I suggest you go back to your Encampments and think about this. If the man you despise - Quetzal - hadn't been here with his wonder machine, you would have been swimming in the digestive juices of that - thing - and these two with you! If the time should come that you're ready to talk sense, call for me - but don't make it too long - you have about ten thousand heart beats in which to make up your mind whether you want to continue the feud until Jubal's guts are spilled into space, or whether you want your people to live! For the time being, I won't visit either of your camps. If you want me, you come here!" When they were capable of walking, Eridos and Obeid stumbled back towards their respective camps, leaning heavily on their escorts. Kane had avoided looking at 143
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK purpose of mating!
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK CHAPTER 6 It was on
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK Kane shook his head
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK The brazier flared
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK "The Lord Quetzal i
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QUETZAL'S FLOCK CHAPTER 14 The Ship
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