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Stupid, stupid, stupid

I sprinted to the cars Five feet from the truck I jurabbed at the pitted wall, and pulledwas never iant was having aon it like a spoiled toddler was at the very bottoht as well set ers slipped I slid down and caught iant roared like a tornado Poor thing All stressed-out That’s okay, wait a few more minutes I’ll cure all your frustrations

I pulled rasped the metal frame with my left hand It held I hit the wood on the ith rabbed onto the fraht ht, and rocked like a loose tooth It would probably come out after the first kick I’d have one shot at this Maybe two, tops

I kicked the ith both legs The boards creaked but held

I swung out and hit theagain The board on the right snapped in tith a loud creak

A huge hand grasped the side of the building to the right Crap He didn’t hear s, but he’d heard the wood break

A head came into view: first the cheek, then the chin, then a tire-sized eye A bright spark winked at iant’s earlobe

I smashed my feet into the boards The wood snapped, just as the reh theand crashed into a table Papers and cleaning supplies flew around ht froers thrust through the , hooked the wall, and tore a chunk of it out I scra for ers Blood swelled froiant howled and jerked his hand out I spun around Metal shelves lined the walls, filled with stacks of paper and cleaning supplies I was in soe closet A srabbed the door handle Locked Dalanced overraainst the wall The car sroan He was trying to squish ainst the door, clenched in his six-foot-long hand

I darted left, squeezing between the shelves and his hand, and sliced at the thu the blade into the flesh Blood poured The creature screaers still locked around the car I’d severed the extensor tendon Good luck trying to straighten that hand

I slashed the hand tith quick precise cuts Blood drenched the floor The giant howled, straining His fist popped out of the room like a cork out of a bottle I dashed to the door, leaned back, and hammered a kick just below the lock The door splintered I tore h it and into the hallway I was on the second floor, on the inner terrace Below me the floor of the Guild spread People huddled by the walls

The building shook A chunk of the top floor vanished, snapped off For a ht flooded the inside of the tower, and I saw Ken and Juke on the third floor pressed against the wall next to the now-defunct elevator Ken’s lips werea bow Julie and Curran were nowhere in sight

The daylight faded as the enoriant opened his h the Guild Oh good I’d pissed hi the terrace to the stairs A titan-sized hand reached to the bottoon’s ers raked the air

Juke shot out of her hiding spot, raised her bow, and fired The arrow streaked through the air and bit just under the giant’s left eyelid Juke darted back The giant lashed out, trying to backhand the terrace where she hid

Ken clapped his hands together A torrent of yellow steaiant jerked his hand up to cover his face The stea An earth-shaking bellow rolled through the Guild, so loud it almost knocked me off my feet

The stairs loomed before me I sprinted up the staircase The fourth floor flew by I rounded the bend in the stairs and saw the sky above iant had taken off a chunk of the fifth floor and now the last flight of stairs protruded above the building, leading nowhere