Another one bites the dust
They wandered deeper & deeper into the mouth of the cave. Steve waved his torch back and forth to see everything to the front and his sides. Kate shook her head.
Steve stopped in his tracks. ‘Did you hear that?’ Kate slapped Steve on his back. He screamed and jumped.
Kate laughed and said, ‘Lead the way to the tomb, O mighty Steve.’
‘Very funny, Kate. But I’m telling you I heard something strange.’
‘We are surrounded by bodies that have been lying in here for thousand of years.’
Steve sighed, ‘Well— if they come after you I’m not going to chase them away. I’ll run as fast as I can and get out of here.’
Kate looked at Steve, ‘Really? I always beat you in our running races. If there are going to catch anyone- it’s going to be you.’
Steve tapped Kate on her shoulder and whispered, ‘What is that thing?’
Kate gasped and stared at the skeleton that had its head lowered. It stretched and turned around facing them.
Steve almost lost his grip on the torch. The creature snarled. Then stuck out it’s tongue and hissed.
It had been busy enjoying what looked like one of the local guides. Some of the blood from the body was smeared around its jaws.
Steve pulled Kate by her arm & shouted, ‘Run!’
Kate stumbled over one of the stones and fell down. Steve stopped and said, ‘Come on Kate. Now is not the time to look at and study the rocks.’
As soon as Steve reached for Kate’s hand to pull her up, she was pulled by the skeleton creature further away from Steve’s reach.
Kate screamed and told Steve to keep going without her. Steve shook his head. The moment he heard the thing snarl again~ he bolted for the cave’s opening.
Steve almost cried when he saw the light coming from the cave’s entrance. But just as he was close to the exit, something pushed him down.
He tried to get up. There it was right in front of him. It took a deep breath, and sniffed him. Steve started shaking.
It hissed and spat at his face. Steve screamed. Whatever that was it burned his face. He heard the thing clicking now. It dragged Steve’s body away from the light and into the darkness.
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