Page 353 - Demo

353It was night. Anton and Eve were at a little used exit tunnel that Anton had discovered from the past. It was unguarded as it was too narrow for an invading army to get many soldiers through before it could be blocked or defended. It meant that Anton and Eve could go out without being seen.%u201cReady?%u201d Anton tapped.%u201cYes,%u201d Eve tapped back.%u201cStay close,%u201d he tapped, and stepped out into a moonlit night. He pointed, %u201cThere, in the shadows.%u201dThey ran together towards the shadows, straight into a trap. One set by a larger creature%u2014a predator. They knew it as %u2018ant-killer%u2019. Humans knew it by a different name: garden spider%u2019, and they were stuck to her web.%u201cI can%u2019t move,%u201d Eve managed to tap to Anton.%u201cStay still or the Ant-killer will feel your movements. Let me figure this out,%u201d he tapped back.She watched as Anton slowly moved his head to snap a strand holding him and then another. She felt a movement above her. %u201cIt%u2019s coming, Anton,%u201d she urgently tapped.%u201cI know. Stay still.%u201d He tapped as he freed himself and snapped more strands. The vibrations were strong, the beast was nearly upon them. He gripped one last strand, snapped it while still stuck to it and as it retracted, was flung up into the air to land on the ant-killer%u2019s back. He run down and cut off a rear leg and then another, stopping it from running. Anton sheared the thread he was on and fell to the ground in front of Eve and kissed her. %u201cIt won%u2019t come now,%u201d he tapped and proceeded to snap away the War