Fire Meets Ice : by Wingedtora
Chapter 3
: Fire Meets Ice
‘It’s a good thing this room
isn’t fully iced over,’ Stork mumbled to himself. The steam had done a good job of melting away
the ice and exposing the bare rock underneath.
It would be hours before the rest
of the Storm Hawks returned. Plenty of time to get back to the Condor and get the heating coils
working again. Stork’s head
lurched around as the sound of rocks falling came from the entrance he had
used. Nervously, the Merb
stepped out of the hot spring and kept a careful eye on the rocky opening. Feeling amongst his clothes, he pulled out
the monitor and scanned the tunnel.
‘Hmmm…’ Nothing. Turning, he walked towards the far
entrance. Might as
well scan that way too.
Naturally, the steam made the monitor beep, but it made a special sound
if it caught a live creature… well, anything bigger than a cat,
that is.
With another shake of his
head, he flipped his damp ebony hair out of his face with a huff of
annoyance. He started to slip the monitor
back into his pile of clothes in the corner of the cave, when suddenly…
BEEP! BEEP!
BOOP!
The Merb
froze, neck swiveling side to side. Nothing to the left. Nothing to the right.
That only left… UP!
He didn’t even have a chance
to look when a loud thump sounded behind him and a pair of strong arms wrapped
around his upper arms and chest, pulling him back against a solid body.
‘Hello salamander.’
…tbc…