31 Chapter 31 Time to leave the hole (2/2)
Crouching on the edge of the hole, he waited until its muscles tensed, signaling a strike, before jumping to the side.As the fangs missed him by inches, due to the size of the snake, he twisted and caught the edge of its hood, biting down hard enough to draw blood.
It lurched back, as he dropped back to the ground, and ran.He could hear it writhing in pain behind him.Trees crashed to the ground, and the tail smacked into the ground just to his right.He didn't stop running, aiming for the open water he could barely glimpse through the trees.It should have been immune to venom, except he didn't have normal venom anymore.
A heat signature to his left, drew him up short.The crashing behind him had all but stopped by this point.Darting towards it, he grabbed the damn sloth as it tried to slink higher into the tree.The section he grabbed seemed rubbery and stiff, but still sheered off when he bit it.
Spitting the flesh into the port, he left the thing twitching on the ground.As it uncloaked, he saw the most hideous thing ever.It had no eyes, but the mouth on this thing was huge.The tongue that sucked out blood from its victims, started huge, filling its mouth, and came down to a thin needle like tube at the end.
(GENETIC MATERIAL ACQUIRED. ANALYZING. POSSIBLE EVOLUTION OPTIONS: CAMOUFLAGE, LEAF DANCE, NUMBING TOUCH, HEMATOPHAGY, PERFECT CLIMB.)
”Ooooh!Give me everything except the hema-whatever.I don't care to drink blood.”
(INITIATING EVOLUTION)
(EVOLUTION COMPLETE)
The prince started to move, beginning to wake up.Setting him down, Dustin moved up against the tree and activated his camouflage.Out of the corner of his eye, he could see himself suddenly looking like a mossy section of the tree.
”Ugh,” groaned the prince, rubbing his head.He sat up and looked around, obviously not seeing him.
”Skadfhg! That brat left me,” he cursed, climbing to his feet and looking all around.
Dustin was very amused, and was just about to reveal himself, when he saw the prince act odd.
”Base, I've lost the target, do you have eyes on it?”He spoke quietly, as if he didn't want anyone to overhear him.Listening to a voice, he turned slowly and looked in his general direction.
”Negative, I do not see anything.” He moved forward slowly, reaching out to touch the edges of his arm.
Dustin used the leaf dance ability to move his arm slightly.It looked weird out of the corner of his eye, but he refused to move his head.
”It's just some moss.I don't see any difference.Affirmative, heading in now.”
What the hell was this?