Chapter Twenty-Three: A Sudden Attack
Leia and Drew follow the route of the ship's maintenance pipes shown by the scanner to the control room. After about half an hour, the scanner revealed that they were close to the top of the ship's central garden, and they were about to reach the other end of the garden through the shade passage at the top of the central garden.
Leia remembers that when she and her teammates went to the central garden, she looked up and saw that the dome of the garden was transparent, and she could see the cosmic galaxy beyond the spaceship. The spaceship designer designed this section of the equipment maintenance passage above the garden to be transparent, presumably in order not to affect the vision and view of the garden. But in this way, the actions of the two of them will be completely exposed as they pass through the garden. Thinking of what happened to the special forces team here before, Leia couldn't help but feel a tense in her heart. She told Drew about her concerns and told him to be careful.
From the moment they stepped onto this passage through the yin, the two of them were careful not to make a sound. At the same time, they watched vigilantly for any disturbance in the garden below.
When the two of them passed through the middle of the garden, I don't know if they were too nervous, or because the ground of this section of the passage was too smooth, Drew accidentally twisted his feet, and the whole person fell on the passage. The backpack on his back was also thrown off, and there was a "thump" sound of a rut. The sound echoed over the empty and quiet garden, and it seemed even louder.
At this time, Drew lay on the dark ground of the passage, nervously watching the movement in the jungle below. Leia also stopped, standing still, observing the situation in the jungle.
Minute by second, but it was a long time for them. The two of them didn't notice anything unusual below, and secretly rejoiced. Drew was about to get up and stand up, but what he saw out of the corner of his eye made him creep - the tallest tree in the jungle below, in the canopy just over ten meters away from the passage, squatted a monster, staring at Drew with dark blue eyes, staring at him.
At such close range, Drew saw it for what it was. It resembled the terrifying beast they had encountered before, but it was much smaller, like a cub of a giant beast. But even the young beast had grown fangs and claws, and the six branches that also extended from its tail were as long as chains, and the ends were sharp like blades, flying behind it. It's the same as an adult behemoth.
Drew tried to get up quickly, but heard the ground cracking, and then he felt a sharp pain in his body. He leaned over to see that a "chain" behind the young beast had pierced through the floor of the passage and pierced into his abdomen. He instinctively covered the wound with his hands, but blood still trickled from between his fingers.
Leia witnessed all of this, stunned by the sudden crisis. After a few moments, she hurried forward to help Drew up.
At this time, Drew waved his hand at her: "You don't care about me, you can leave quickly." Otherwise we won't be able to go. ”
"Nope! We're going to go together. Leia wouldn't let go of the hand that was holding him.
Drew broke free of her hand, grabbed the weapon and shot at the cub's location. The baby beast was hit and fled into the jungle with a scream. And the "chains" that had been pierced into Drew's body were pulled out by the young beast together. His body endured another round of injuries and severe pain.
Soon, Drew gradually lost consciousness, and finally said only one sentence: "Hurry... Walk... Go back alive...", and stopped breathing. Leia saw that Drew was gone, so she had to run forward with tears in her eyes.
Leia ran forward as fast as she could, until she had sprinted through the shade passage that ran through the garden. Only then did she feel the grief in her heart and the exhaustion in her body intertwined with her. She sat down weakly on the ground, bowed her head and cried softly. After all, since the rescue mission, how painful it is to see the teammates around me fall one by one, but I can't do anything.