"Jerry Davis - Down In The Canyon (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davis Jerry)

Watching her eyes, he moved his head back and forth but her blank
gaze didn't follow.
A dark, sad thought kept coming to him, but he pushed it
away. He desperately pretended it wasn't there. Standing up, he
looked carefully at the track of twisted fence. On his own he
could probably make his way straight up to the wall of the canyon,
but carrying Stephanie? No. It was too much a tangled mess, with
cables and rubbery branches wrapped around and strewn here and
there. Jason bent down and tried to pick Stephanie up in his arms,
but her body was so limp it made it hard. He ended up dragging her
along the claw-marked path, making it as far as the junction
before seeing another one of the monsters.
This one was smaller than the first, but seemed more alert.
It came down the path from the canyon wall waving its feelers and
snorting. Jason saw eyes that looked like black glass imbedded in
its head. They seemed to be staring at him, and he gasped in fear
and dragged Stephanie back to the spot where he'd hidden from the
other one, pulling her through the branches and up against the
boulder. The snorting sound followed him, and he saw the feelers
enter the tangle of branches and the head poke its way through.
He pulled Stephanie around the rock and beyond, pushing
deeper into the tangle. The beast followed, reaching the boulder
and pushing it out of the way. The boulder rolled up onto one side
and tottered. Jason, struggling to pull the both of them through
the tangle of rubbery plants, felt something hit him lightly on
the leg and then on his shoulder. He looked up and saw feelers
wavering around his head and a large mouth slightly open, easily
big enough to swallow both Stephanie and himself at the same time.
"Go away!" Jason shouted at the thing. "Leave us alone!" He swung
angrily at the feelers, and managed to connect.
At the same time, the teetering boulder lost its balance and
rolled over, landing on one of the creature's feet. The creature
snorted once, then reared up with a loud, huffing grunt, turning
back to attack the boulder. Jason watched with a sense of
satisfaction, thinking he had scared it off. He heaved a sigh and
turned around, then took a hold of Stephanie and resumed pulling
her through the tangle.
He found the fence and was able to follow it to the canyon
wall. The mist was thick up here, but through it he could see
large holes dug into the sandstone and claw marks going straight
up the wall. The fence, twisted as it was, made a good ladder, but
Jason couldn't climb and hold onto Stephanie at the same time. He
stood with her body crumpled at his feet, wondering what to do.


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Somewhere in the foliage behind him he could hear one of the
beasts crashing around.