"Not good!"
The creatures leader's instincts screamed at him. He roared a warning and dropped low, rolling across the dirt just as a foul wind passed over his scalp. A black hook, dripping with stench, sliced the air above him and buried itself into the trunk of a tree.
he gasped, a brief surge of relief flooding him.
But that relief lasted only a heartbeat.
Click. Click.
"Ah!"
A scream tore through the jungle. The leader turned, and his eyes widened in horror.
Another warrior, one of his own, had been caught. A crude black hook punched straight through his subordinates abdomen, the barbed iron links rattling as they pulled tight.
The hooked man thrashed, blood spraying across the roots at his feet. Then, with a violent tug, he was dragged into the jungle's shadows.
A wet, hungry chewing came from the darkness, the sound froze every living soul.
"What… what is that?" one of the creatures whispered, his voice trembling.
