Chrono Spasm
“The obstacles slowed it just enough, giving Jak a fraction of a second to think and respond. He turned back, springing into the stairwell and slamming the door closed. A moment later he heard a mighty crash and the door shook behind him as the beast struck against it.
He had seen it only for a moment in the darkened store but he recognized the creature as some kind of mutie polar bear, teeth extended into mighty points designed to rend flesh from living prey. He had seen something similar before, but at a distance. It had to have sniffed out him and Ricky here in the general store, the same way it had most likely found the man and his boy, tearing the boy’s limbs from his living body as he struggled to get away.
One thought flashed through Jak’s mind then: Ricky.
The resourceful teenager had been left on watch while Jak slept and he had heard the lad’s voice coming from behind the door in the storefront—but he hadn’t had time to locate him out there in the dark.
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