Thursday, October 10, 2013

Page 272

The lacerated crimson sunk back to Geoffrey, and he recoiled away from Hector. The shadow retained its grip on Ms. Trent, however, pulling her closer to his body. He started laughing as he looked at Hector. “Well done! But now I have to kill your teacher, of course.”

Ms. Trent let out a muffled scream as the red tightened around her. And then the metal coat was there for her as well. Unlike Hector’s, the spikes around Ms. Trent could not tear the shadow. Instead, they merely pushed it out, like taffy stretched across a bed of needles.

Geoffrey’s brow lowered. “Now that is just unfair.”

Hector had to annihilate his own coating in order to move again, but he kept iron around his chest, shins, and forearms. He put a gloved fist out to his side, and it shook as he concentrated on what he wanted. Around the fist grew fresh metal, but it did not stop with mere coating. It extended out, half a meter, until it reached a sharpened tip, and suddenly, instead of a right hand, he had a thick blade--a full sword with crude, jagged edges. It was heavy, weighing his arm down at first, but adrenaline helped him lift it.

He ran forward, sword held wide, and met the next wave of red with a spiked shield. He tore a path toward Geoffrey, who backed away; and instead of pursuing, Hector diverted toward Ms. Trent and slashed clean through the shadow. Her spiked cage clattered heavily to the floor as the shade retreated to Geoffrey. He freed the teacher from her metal bindings. She rolled over on the floor, gasping for breath.

“Aha, wow! How scary!” And a brief silence fell as the sound of nearby sirens filled the room. Geoffrey’s grin only broadened. “I think we need some more playmates.” He fled into the hallway with Jenny.

Hector freed Sheryl, told her to barricade the door, and then gave chase.

12 comments:

  1. I am once again asking for votes at Top Web Fiction.

    And I was thinking. Hopefully this doesn't come across as pandering or irritating. But, um. Let's do a thing with the votes on topwebfiction. We'll say that if TZK is able to take 3rd place in the overall weekly listing (and hold the position for, say, a couple days), then I will increase my promised monthly quota of pages. Instead of putting out a minimum of 40 pages a month, I'll up that number to a minimum of 45 pages. And that's before donation bonuses are taken into account, of course.

    I'm imagining that TZK will eventually get there anyway, even without doing this kind of reward system, so... I figure that if/when it does, I want to show my appreciation to everyone. So naturally, this doesn't have to happen tomorrow or by the end of the week or anytime soon, really. Whenever it happens, I'll increase the quota, be it three weeks or three years from now.

    Anyhow, enough of that. Chapter 31 starts tomorrow. Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoy.

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    1. I think that is awesome of you. I am really liking the story and I really want to see more of it. You are an amazing author! I have already voted as well. ^^

      ...
      ...
      ...Now that I have fed your ego, how about some rewards? ;3
      XDD

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    2. TOO BAD FOR YOU, MY EGO IS ALREADY JADED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION.

      But thank you. :)

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  2. Man, I gotta say, I'm enjoying where the story's going so far. Keep up the good work, Mr. Frost. You're an inspiration to all us neophyte writers out there. :)

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    1. Thank you, that means a lot. I wish you all the best.

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  3. How the hell do you keep up this kind of schedule?! Are you working off a backlog or are these all getting posted within a day or two of you finishing them? Because just when I think you're righting at breakneck speed, you go and announce more plans to increase your output.

    I mean, major props to you for writing super-fast and actually making it good, but DAMN the pace seems tiresome.

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    1. Wow. Obviously I meant "writing at breakneck speed." See what happens when I try to write too fast?

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    2. Hmm. I don't really find it tiresome at all, honestly. Maybe I've just gotten accustomed to it, but I'm pretty comfortable. WHICH IS WHY I NEED TO PUSH MYSELF MORE.

      As for backlog--it varies. Sometimes, I have one, but currently, I'm more or less keeping step the story from day to day. That's just the text, though. I spend a lot of time planning things out, so the actual writing text stage tends to go pretty smoothly. Also, I'm not often pressed for free time, so that probably helps.

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    3. Push yourself? or Slaughter yourself? 0wo

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    4. Haha. I'm seriously fine. I don't feel like I'm anywhere near my limit, yet.

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    5. So its fine to slaughter yourself =D

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  4. Thank God, he was able to save Trent and Sheryl...

    But the madness hasn't ended...

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