the hunt - joe kennedy (ebook voice reader TXT) 📗

to shut up and went back to their statue like state listening intently both had their weapons drawn mike did as he was told and started to listen intently he could hear something he couldn’t make it out because it was so quiet it sounded a little bit like laughing but surely it couldn’t be Sarah had started shaking with suppressed laughter both she and Rachel cracked and burst out laughing “ you should see the look on your face” Rachel said teasingly mike went a whole new shade of scarlet even john who was normally fairly serious was laughing maybe it was sun stroke mike thought with a laugh Rachel smiling came up to him and gave him a hug “where now” she asked” “lead the way” mike said jokingly her eyes flashed and she walked towards the trees Sarah and john punched him and Sarah said this time she will defiantly scratch you” she reappeared ahead and with a smile said “got you again ha your easy come on hurry up” mike stared in disbelief then followed her plotting his revenge
and the four once again walked with each other mike drew Rachel a sword so she could cut through the leaves but she declined and turned into a bear and proceeded to go crashing through the trees mike smiled and stuck the sword in the ground after about half an hour of walking though they couldn’t tell their watches were just spinning around mike came across the sword in the ground “ hold on something’s not right I think we might be going in circles” how is that possible we have been going straight since we got hear plus there’s no path Rachel’s still having to push through “ a test then” mike concluded he drew a big log with a pointed tip it fell into the path he drew john some throwing knifes as well as a deadly sharp one for himself he cut his name into the log they walked on about another half an hour’s walk later and they were getting tired then they saw a sight that made their hearts stop the log in the middle of the path mikes name still their but below were deep cuts in the wood they all looked at Rachel she shook her head grimly they all drew their weapons half expecting something to leap out of the trees at them they stood in a circle they were becoming increasingly nervous without warning the tree in front of them fell they dived out of the way they looked at the tree stump the tree had been cut clean off another one fell nearby they jumped over the tree in front of them and started running through the leaves and vines in their path Rachel had turned back into human form and was sprinting away Sarah wasn’t as fast as the others and was falling behind she tripped on a root the falling trees getting closer john saw this and sprinted towards her she heard rustling in the bushes beside her and a tree beside her fell she crawled back just enough so that she wasn’t crushed john was moving faster than he thought possible again there was rustling in the tree beside Sarah he reached her just in time helped her up she jumped on his back and he ran out of the path of the falling trees he soon caught up with the others they kept running they past the post again it had even more scratches the they jumped over the tree that was in the way and made a circle between that tree and the tree in front the bushes all around them started rustling the four looked and each saw dark red eyes staring back at them even though the guardian had icy blue eyes the four had no doubt that whatever was in the bushes was no less powerful and no less dangerous john got one of his knives ready they heard growling from all sides but still could not see what they were he lowered his knife the growling stopped then the eyes disappeared into the bushes with a rustle of leaves the four relaxed a bit but did not put away their weapons or move from the circle eventually the deemed it safe to move again but the fallen trees reminded them not to let their guard down, they knew what those things were capable of. They decided to turn back to see if they could find where they had started from this was easier said than done though the leaves and vines were re growing faster than they could cut soon they decided to rest this was a big mistake it was subtle at first but soon the vines were forming a kind of cage around the four when they realised this they jumped up and started fighting of the vines but they were re growing almost instantly now mike knew it was dangerous but he drew a dragon in his notebook it appeared in a flash of blue light and a roar accompanied by flames when it realised it was being caged in it started to breath fire everywhere burning the vines but even that was not enough it started using everything it had tooth claw and fire and it had an affect the vines had retreated back enough that it could spread its wings however the vines weren’t retreating they were inclosing above so nothing could escape by flying. The dragon ignored this and soared up creating a hole in the cage Rachel started to shift growing much bigger and scaly skin and wings she roared her shock, clearly she hadn’t really intended to become a dragon however she picked mike john and Sarah up with her talons carefully and stretched her powerful wings she flapped them once and found herself soaring up to the vines and breaking through them with ease she could see the entire jungle stretching on for miles on end she looked below she could see things in the bushes she couldn’t make them out though there were loads though at least a hundred if not more and that was only counting the ones she could see she flapped her wings to go higher in the far distance there was a patch that was completely clear of trees except for one in the middle and beside it was the archway but she could see the creatures heading towards it with incredible speed the first of them emerged into the clearing Rachel could see them now they were small and black and had four sets of viciously sharp claws of each paw Rachel had no doubt their teeth would be just as sharp their eyes were glowing red as more and more streamed in Rachel picked out a single hooded figure who was now standing beside the archway looking directly in front of him as if he knew they would come through that way Sarah ,john and mike were now climbing towards her back and were soon safely on she dived towards the ground hitting the ground with so much force that the trees around her fell and mike john and Sarah were thrown of her back she tried to change into another form but couldn’t she started to panic roaring and flapping her wings this was sure to attract attention so mike told her to calm down and think of her favourite form an eagle she stopped moving and closed her eyes eventually she began to shrink and became an eagle then back to her human form as soon as she was human she ran up to mike and hugged him “thank you if it wasn’t for you I would still be a dragon” “at least we now know you can change into mythical creatures” he said with a smile” somehow I don’t think I’ll be doing that again anytime soon not on purpose anyway and with that the four set of to fight the seemingly never ending force of creatures that surrounded the tree.
when they were close to the clearing they ducked into the bushes making barely any sound yet still every creature looked up straight at them then the figure at the base of the tree spoke in a voice that sounded familiar but no one could figure out where from “ I know you are their come out now or I will order my friends here to attack you after some hesitation they did as he said “ that wasn’t so bad now come here “ again they did as he said though all had their hands on a weapon whether this stranger knew or not they could not tell they were soon answered for he said “ if you even think about attacking me every single one of these will attack you and you won’t be able to take even a single step towards me they decided against attacking him as well as all the surrounding him for now they had to tolerate him but they were all waiting to run if they had to they reached the tree the golden archway gleaming behind him he spoke again they recognised the voice but didn’t really know who it belonged to “give me one good reason why I shouldn’t kill you right now he said strangely calmly john replied logically and said “can you give us a reason why we should we have done nothing to harm or annoy you” the figure paused at this but eventually said let’s just say the person that wants you dead is very powerful and it would be extremely beneficial to me if I killed you then I could escape from this infernal jungle” “escape”? you mean you weren’t waiting for us the figure replied I am trapped here just as you are it is a prison for those who grew to powerful if I kill you I can be set free” fearing for her life Sarah said if we work together we can escape the figure laughed a hoarse and evil laugh “ I have tried for many millennia escape is only possible for those who weren’t put here however your case is exceptional because even though you weren’t put her but you will not leave alive the creatures were scratching the ground with their clawed feet making scars in the soil the figure then spoke and said “they are anxious to test their claws now try and give me a reason not to kill you “ how about you live” john said drawing his knife and aiming it at his head instantly a hundred creatures growled the very ground shook beneath their feet again he lowered the knife but kept it in his hand just encase the figure tried to attack him “ we have done this before there is little point” the figure said sounding almost bemused a creature swiped at Sarah’s leg she jumped just in time john stabbed the creature killing it instantly there was a moment of tense silence everyone preparing to fight or flee then the figure spoke “ that was foolish get them” the words had hardly left his mouth when every last one of the creatures growled and charged towards the four Rachael became a dragon once more fighting with everything she had including fire however for every creature she killed three more replaced it john, Sarah and mike were fighting with equal ferocity