Chapter 7: LEVEL 2 HIGH EATER: THE RUNNER PART 2.
Johnquis looked away, his heart pounding, but his voice stayed calm.
"It’s alright. We have to stay quiet. We can’t let it know we’re here. Let’s just hope it goes away."
They stayed quiet, listening to the runner brutally tearing through Randy and Mars. After a few moments, the sounds stopped. It was done eating.
The silence pressed down hard, heavier than the darkness itself. Johnquis’s heart slammed in his chest each beat loud in the silence.
He pressed his back against the cold metal floor of the bus, eyes fixed on the cracked window above them. Lex was trembling beside him, barely breathing.
Then, slowly, the Runner moved. A massive shadow shifted outside.
Johnquis’s breath caught as he sensed its heavy steps circling the bus, claws scraping the ground, searching.
"It knows we’re here."
The creature’s snarls grew louder, a low growl that shook the wreckage. Lex whimpered softly, clutching Johnquis’s arm.
Johnquis whispered,
"Stay still."