The rushing wind flapped hair up and down- she jerked and jerked midair- fighting to break free of the curled flesh around her waist.
Just as her feet was about to come crashing down- just as she expected to hear the sickening crunch of her legs breaking from the fifteen feet fall, Stacy instead felt the warm, strong grip of two human hands beneath her.
"It's alright. . ." was the voice she heard: "I got you. . ."
Stacy burst into a fresh bout of hot tears- sobbing and sobbing, as Nexus patted down her hair- whispering into her ears;
"It's alright. . .it's alright. . ." he echoed; "You're safe now. . .you're okay. . ."
It was only when she stopped crying, and opened her eyes- that she heard it.
From the top of the hill, the splitting howling of the monster screeched through the sky. Pain echoed in every piercing note- blasting across the hills, valleys, and coves in waves and waves of blood curdling reverberations.
