A Fall In The Mall

Chapter 8: She Can Summon Crabs???????

As the rain trickled to a halt, Vérónika and Vector stepped out into the atrium. The first thing Vérónika noticed was that her crab rave cave was empty. She drew her fingers to her lips and let out a piercing whistle . Vector flinched. “What was that for?” he asked, slightly offended. “I’m summoning my crabs, duh.” “Summoning your-!” Suddenly, the thunderous rattling of hundreds of legs reached his awareness. From out of the gloom emerged a river of soldier crabs, quickly surrounding them. Two soldier crabs climbed onto Veronika's shoulder – Geoff and Samantha, the king and queen, clicking their claws at the assembly. Vérónika squinted into the gloom. “Wait, where’s the beam that was blocking our escape?!” She exclaimed. Geoff snapped his claws impatiently by her ear. “Oh, did you guys do this while we hiding from the rain? That’s so sweet, thanks! Now we can escape. I don’t think I’ll be coming back here anytime soon.” Vector nodded wordlessly, strangely silent.

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