Chapter Sixteen Ethereality I return to my organic body. It’s been such a long time. Man, what has this core been doing to me? It feels like a ten-ton aero-truck is pressing on my chest. My eyes flutter open to see a blade heading straight for me. I try to move, to cry out, but paralysis has me in a firm grip; my young life flashes before my eyes as death approaches. A large paw appears from the shadows, swiping the deadly blow away, saving me just in time. My cells rejuvenate, synthetic blood rushing into my veins faster than a bursting dam. Tyrann rolls to his left, I to my right. “Tourz!” roars Tyrann. Rion hurls himself into the Gorgosaurus men, grabbing one in a headlock like King Kong, while the other snaps at his arm. Tourz is thrown from view. “Gorgo!” Tyrann rages, changing

