Chapter 90 The Great Hunt 11 (1/2)

It was only darkness. An endless darkness and solitude.

But from within the darkness, John was able to see it. A singular space rift, just as the air around it was made of glass, it cracked open.

From within the rift, long red tentacles slowly creeped out. They calmly moved and swayed around, dormant.

As time passed, the crack opened further, and from that hole in space, a single, unblinking orange eye emerged, surrounded by red tentacles.

The eye hovered around for a moment before it located John that was not very far away from there.

[What's that thing...?] John thought as he stared the monster that slowly emerged from the spatial rift.

Once the orange eye completely focused on John.

Out of nowhere, the tentacles sprang out from the rift and charged toward John.

John was unable to move and could only helplessly watch as the tentacles fastly came for his head.

He closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable.

*PUCHI*

”AHHHHH!!!!” The tentacle easily pierced John's head. The pain was almost unbearable. John screamed and screamed in pain until he lost his voice and his consciousness faded into darkness once again.

...

John sat up immediately after he woke up. His back was covered in cold sweat after that terrible nightmare. His eyes flared open and immediately went to cautiously scan his surroundings.

He tried to stand up, but...

”Urgh...” He groaned in pain and rested his head once again in the floor.

”You woke up...”

John became stiff for a second when he heard a strange voice and then he struggled to get up even more fervently.

Once he was on his feet, he realized that his belt, with the holster and dagger, wasn't on his waist. Even his PIPS wasn't on his wrist.

”Who are you?” John cautiously asked the female Floran in front of him.

It was a beautiful Floran. She was slim, but not enough to make her look fragile, her foliage was green colored, the small flower on top of her head was yellow, and her hair was made of purple, blue and light blue leafs.

She looked a lot more savage than Peri, but not enough to make her look like the previous Florans John met in the Caverns.

Her black eyes glinted with intelligence and curiosity as she stared at him.

She was resting by a bonfire, not far from John. In her hands, a menacing looking green and brown spear. She was wearing only simple clothes made of leafs and vines.

”I'm Nuru.” Nuru flashed a wide grin at John, ”Nice to meet you....what's your name?”