Excerpt from Chapter 2 of Guardian Angel
A quick peek at Chapter 2 which is already underway. Jared meets his first beast and sees why they're so deadly.
Slowly I glanced behind us as Luna crouched down growling. I saw what was left of a stop sign and picked it up getting ready for the worst. Suddenly a beast with nine limbs burst out of the bushes. It stood about ten feet tall, had eight, claw like legs coming out of its sides, the head of a human with warped and twisted eyes, a mouth that was full of serrated edged teeth, and a tail that ended in a sharp blade made of bone. I stared at it for a few minutes then glanced down at the metal pole in my hand and mumbled "Oh fuck me." The creature turned at the sound of my voice then a strange tongue that had a hosed tip came out and seemed to sniff the air. After a few minutes strange mucus like substance was excreted from its tongue and dropped to the ground. I stared at the spot the mucus had touched and watched as it started to burn and sizzle before solidifying into a clear coat almost like glass.
The creature's tongue went back into its mouth. It slowly closed its mouth and twitched its lips up into what could be seen as a twisted smile then said in a voice like sizzling asphalt "Come to me boy, and your puppy won't have to be harmed. I know what you are by sight and smell. You would make a wonderful meal, though should you awaken you'd make a powerful ally." I stared at it then glared and said "Let me think about it for a few seconds." I closed my eyes and pretended to think then opened them and said "Fuck no; now go back into whatever cesspool you crawled out of." Its smile slowly turned into a glare then it snarled at me the hiss completely gone from its voice and jumped over Luna to lunge for me. I instinctively jumped to the side and held up my metal pole which was sliced cleanly in two by the damn thing's tail.
It snarled at the fact it's first swing didn't kill me and swung its tail at me multiple times, but I just kept rolling out of the way. Eventually I found myself near a rock and slid behind it. The creature's tail struck and got stuck in the rock. I stared then smirked and said "Problem with something that can cut through almost anything is pulling it out when it gets stuck." Luna took this golden opportunity to rush over and bite down at the base of the tail tip and crunch through to the bone. The beast let out a horrible shriek and tried to pull its tail away only to pull the stump of what had once been a dangerous weapon back.
The creature stared at me as I chuckled softly and said "Oh you find that funny, well laugh at this, boy!" Suddenly a new tail tip sprouted from the broken stump and started swinging wildly after Luna. Luckily even though the creature was fast, she was even faster. She was like a silver blur that neither I nor the beast could keep track of. While Luna kept it distracted I worked on freeing its tail tip from the rock. After about ten minutes of work I finally got the thing free then stared at it wondering how I was going to use it. Suddenly I got an idea and whistled. Luna looked at me and I yelled "LUNA LIGHT THIS PLACE UP!" She nodded and let out a howl causing everything in the area to be hit with bright beams of moonlight.