Planet Chimera by Brian Nyaude Read Free Book Online

tentacle. “He is still alive, so
please save him.”
    “Listen, lady, I don’t care for whatever
feelings you harbor for this man, and if you want live, I suggest
you pick your feet and leave immediately.”
    “No, we are to be married this coming
summer,” she pleaded, traipsing closer to the foul beast, every
shroud of common sense eluding her.
    “You stupid fool,” I yelled, pulling her
back, before the other tentacle reached out for her too. “The next
time you do something as foolish as that, I will allow the creature
to have its way with you.”
    “But I love him,” she cried, tears on her
face, her hand reaching out for him. “I can’t go without him—I
won’t leave without Thomas.”
    “Woman, you stupidity amazes me, but fine,”
I sighed, walking towards the creature, my first bold mistake in a
while. “I will help your fiancé for you.”
     

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    I dawdled forward, the broken table leg in
my right arm, popping my neck muscles, and stopped a within a meter
from the beast, taking a defensive stance. A gust of cold wind
forced me to shiver, and my eyes to squint, the strength in my
hands weakened drastically. Several shards of broken glass were
scattered throughout the carpet, creating a haphazard environment,
definitely a terrible place for the children to linger. Stomping on
my left foot, I dashed with every bit of strength I had, slamming
the table leg into the creature’s head, and felling it with a good,
follow-up blow to stomach. It released Thomas, the lady’s fiancé,
and I grabbed the broken man with my free hand, throwing him back
like a ragdoll at the lady’s feet.
    “You monster,” she whirled, bending down
towards him, her teary eyes upon me. “Why would you throw him like
that? Have you no heart?”
    “Just be glad I didn’t kill him for being
such a nuisance,” I snarled, turning around do face the creature,
to continue our battle. “Now leave, and don’t let me see you
again.”
    From the corner of my right eye, I caught a
glimpse of the children helping her carry the man up; they walked
slowly out of the dining room, exiting through the door, and into
the cold blizzard.
    “You will pay for that,” the mutant chimera
boomed, standing up, revealing a pair of hidden flintlocks from its
chest armor.
    It shot me in the abdomen twice, felling me
to the ground—the pain I felt alerted me that these were no
ordinary bullet wounds. A tentacle came out of nowhere, wrapping
around my right leg, pulling me closer to the menacing creature. I
looked up, blinking, before being shot three times in the right
cheek, and fell to the ground again in pain. Why did I not get
invulnerable skin, when I acquired my immortality?
    “Why won’t you die?” it asked, shooting me
again in the head with the ancient gun, attempting to end my
life.
    When it ran out of bullets, it emptied out
the blank cartridge, its attention drawn away from me, and that was
the opportunity I had been waiting for. I somersaulted up, plunging
both of my arms on its jaw, before breaking it off. The creature’s
eyes widened up, and if fell to the ground, dead. The deed was
done, and the house was safe, but deep down, I could no longer deny
that I felt empty, like something was missing. What was this
maddening feeling inside of me? Oh, well!
    I reached down, retrieving the guns from the
creature, and other things of value from its pockets, and started
walking towards the main door. So many things were wrong with this
place; the residents were hiding a dark secret, I could feel it in
my bones. I walked through the library, most of the books damaged
by the powerful wind, the chandelier on the floor, tiny, spiky
shards of glass sticking out of the carpet. On my left, besides the
main door, I saw a closet, and one of its doors was still open. It
had been raided, mostly likely by the fleeing children, and the
only