Chapter Seven MuttLong’s huge paws pounded across the dry, dusty plain with the little creature running in front. Mai could hear the steam monster’s lumbering stomps behind them. When she looked back over her shoulder, she didn’t resist in giving Long some encouragement.
‘Run, Long. Run!’
A jet of steam shot out from the contraption; it trumpeted a loud sound as a huge mechanical arm extended from its side. At the end of the metal arm was a three-pronged claw, snapping open and closed. Mai felt Long move faster, but she wasn’t certain it would be fast enough.
Long dodged a huge rock column. The monster charged right into it, breaking the column into pieces. The metal arm reached out toward them, closer and closer. It snapped at Long’s back leg in an attempt to trip him, but failed to ca
