again and again and
again.
Toby slammed the three of us into the solid concrete wall behind us. I felt the Werewolf and Troll's weight pin me. “Toby,” I gasped as my chest cavity started to compress. “New plan!" The Troll, enjoying the fight, took the opportunity to throw several vicious elbows into my side. Cackling with glee, the Troll bit down onto the back of Toby's neck with his tusks. I saw the wolf's crimson blood spurt onto his gray and white fur. Letting lose a sound that was a mixture of a squeal, roar, and howl, Toby bucked wildly forward sending me sailing off the Troll's back and hard into the side of the machine. Drawing myself up, I noted three more Trolls were almost upon us. This was a fight we weren't going to win.
One of the massive robotic arms swung out from the machine and hit the Troll solidly in the head. As the creature squealed in protest, the arm's powerful hydraulic fingers clamped around it and lifted it easily from Toby. As Toby collapsed to the floor the arm suddenly surged forward and mashed the Troll into the wall. I could hear the motors whining in protest as it crushed the Troll. Bones began to snap and crackle as the Troll slowly stopped fighting and became little more than a blue smear on the wall. I looked up to find Karl straddling the arm with several wires and controls wrapped around his hands. “I can feel the power between my legs!"
"Get down from there!” I shouted. Turning to look at Toby, I stopped and spun back to Karl. “No, wait."
Karl stopped climbing and looked at me curiously. "I have a better idea.” I pointed down to the new Trolls. “Get ‘em." Mounting the arm again, Karl wrapped the wires around his tiny hands. He cackled in delight. Rushing to Toby's side, I dropped down and ran my hand softly over his head. Toby looked up at me and whimpered. A glistening patch of blood on the back of his neck had completely matted down his fur. “We're not done yet,” I breathed. “You have to get up." With a growl and a high-pitched whine, Toby started to lift himself from the floor. Snapping his head toward the oncoming Trolls, his lips peeled back into a snarl exposing his perfectly white fangs. Rearing back on the wires, Karl pulled the robotic arm from the wall and swung it hard to the right knocking the first Troll to the floor. The second, carrying a jet black AK-47, skidded to a stop, turned, and pulled the trigger. The weapon's high-pitched rat-a-tat-tat echoed angrily off the concrete and machinery. Tubes from the arm's hydraulic system broke free spraying a white cloud of compressed air wildly like a beheaded snake. One of the tubes snapped back and whipped Karl in the face. With a shrill grunt, the Goblin tumbled free of his perch. "Karl!” I watched the Goblin fall back into the innards of the machine Toby snapped forward and knocked the AK-47 from the Troll's hands and clamped down on the creature's throat with his powerful muzzle. A fountain of bluish blood erupted from the Troll's neck. Shaking hard, Toby ripped a massive chunk of the Troll's flesh free and spit it away. The blue-skinned Inhuman stumbled back with its hands clamped over the wound then collapsed.
Toby slammed the three of us into the solid concrete wall behind us. I felt the Werewolf and Troll's weight pin me. “Toby,” I gasped as my chest cavity started to compress. “New plan!" The Troll, enjoying the fight, took the opportunity to throw several vicious elbows into my side. Cackling with glee, the Troll bit down onto the back of Toby's neck with his tusks. I saw the wolf's crimson blood spurt onto his gray and white fur. Letting lose a sound that was a mixture of a squeal, roar, and howl, Toby bucked wildly forward sending me sailing off the Troll's back and hard into the side of the machine. Drawing myself up, I noted three more Trolls were almost upon us. This was a fight we weren't going to win.
One of the massive robotic arms swung out from the machine and hit the Troll solidly in the head. As the creature squealed in protest, the arm's powerful hydraulic fingers clamped around it and lifted it easily from Toby. As Toby collapsed to the floor the arm suddenly surged forward and mashed the Troll into the wall. I could hear the motors whining in protest as it crushed the Troll. Bones began to snap and crackle as the Troll slowly stopped fighting and became little more than a blue smear on the wall. I looked up to find Karl straddling the arm with several wires and controls wrapped around his hands. “I can feel the power between my legs!"
"Get down from there!” I shouted. Turning to look at Toby, I stopped and spun back to Karl. “No, wait."
Karl stopped climbing and looked at me curiously. "I have a better idea.” I pointed down to the new Trolls. “Get ‘em." Mounting the arm again, Karl wrapped the wires around his tiny hands. He cackled in delight. Rushing to Toby's side, I dropped down and ran my hand softly over his head. Toby looked up at me and whimpered. A glistening patch of blood on the back of his neck had completely matted down his fur. “We're not done yet,” I breathed. “You have to get up." With a growl and a high-pitched whine, Toby started to lift himself from the floor. Snapping his head toward the oncoming Trolls, his lips peeled back into a snarl exposing his perfectly white fangs. Rearing back on the wires, Karl pulled the robotic arm from the wall and swung it hard to the right knocking the first Troll to the floor. The second, carrying a jet black AK-47, skidded to a stop, turned, and pulled the trigger. The weapon's high-pitched rat-a-tat-tat echoed angrily off the concrete and machinery. Tubes from the arm's hydraulic system broke free spraying a white cloud of compressed air wildly like a beheaded snake. One of the tubes snapped back and whipped Karl in the face. With a shrill grunt, the Goblin tumbled free of his perch. "Karl!” I watched the Goblin fall back into the innards of the machine Toby snapped forward and knocked the AK-47 from the Troll's hands and clamped down on the creature's throat with his powerful muzzle. A fountain of bluish blood erupted from the Troll's neck. Shaking hard, Toby ripped a massive chunk of the Troll's flesh free and spit it away. The blue-skinned Inhuman stumbled back with its hands clamped over the wound then collapsed.