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out like a saber-toothed cat's teeth.
Then my mouth caught up and my face grew sensitive whiskers. My eyes,
made for seeing through darkness like it was day. My nose, sensitive to
every smell of animal life. My ears, pricked forward, quivering at
attention.
54 The Howler looked a little less intimidating now. The tiger was not
worried. The tiger knew it was the fastest, deadliest creature in the
jungle. The tiger did not fear the strange-smelling creature.
Ax was just in front of me, tail bowed and ready, three eyes forward,
the remaining stalk eye watching the rest of us. Rachel had morphed to
grizzly bear. She stood up, a massive pillar of rough brown fur with
power to uproot small trees. Marco had morphed to gorilla. He swung his
pile driver arms back and forth almost casually, like he was waiting on
the street corner for the bus to come. Cassie had morphed to wolf. The
thick armor of fur on the back of her neck stood on end, and she'd drawn
back her muzzle, revealing wet, glistening teeth.
We were more than a ton of muscle and claw and tooth, all directed by
human intelligence that could draw on animal instinct.
Facing us, a single, man-sized alien.
I realized Erek was talking. That he had been for several seconds and
I'd been too distracted to hear him.
"... will paralyze you and numb your senses. If he gets close he'll use
the needle teeth retracted into his upper and lower jaw. He's not as
fast as -"
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"It's the reason they're called Howlers, Jake. The voice. Be ready to -"
The Howler's hand moved. Reaching for the beam weapon!
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?Hhhhhrrroooowwwwrrrr!" I roared, a sound that made brave men fall down
trembling.
I gathered myself for a leap. But Ax was faster. His tail snapped, crack!
The Howler's hand dropped. The weapon clattered down the stairs. But
before the weapon had stopped rolling, the hand was growing back!
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