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The petals opened and inside were its dripping wet innards.
Tiny sharp objects I thought were teeth revolved like a churning concrete mixer.
It was going to eat him.
The same way it had been going to eat me.
I needed to do something.
I needed to help him…
But what could I do?
I was a stranger here.
I had no weapons and no knowledge of this creature.
I watched helplessly as the vines unfurled and dumped Egara inside the awaiting giant plant’s “throat.”
It consumed him, the petals slamming shut around him as he disappeared from view.
He was gone.
Dead from protecting me.
I couldn’t believe it.
It was my fault.
I took a step forward as if I could actually do something.
The vines immediately froze and turned.
Oh, great.
I took a step back and the vines shot along the desert floor in my direction.
I ran back down the incline.
I had no idea how long this creature’s tentacles were but if I kept going, I would outrun them.
I hoped.
4
EGARA
I was surrounded by the warm synaptic fluid of the Desert Flower, a hideous and extremely dangerous pest that had spread throughout the galaxy and infested all desert moons and planets.
They burrowed deep in the sand and stretched their long tendrils to search for food it could snatch up and drag back to its mouth, located at the very tip of the sprawling sand dunes.
Once a creature was caught, there was little to no chance of it escaping.
Struggling only encouraged the vines to grow tauter until they snapped the creature’s bones, rendering it weak and unable to shake off the vine.
The only way to escape was if you had enough strength, and failing that, you were doomed.
Unless someone came to the rescue as I had done for Agatha.
