Chapter Thirteen
Five minutes later…
Joel was on his back again, feeling the full force of a Lophius slap to the face. They’d busted into the next shielded shipping container, just a few rows over, after dispatching the Rapoo and ShimVen watchdogs.
They went in like newbies, thinking that because they’d killed a few and had a little more info, it would be easy. Reggie popped the door and Joel tossed in a grenade. Unfortunately, all the grenade did was break open the crate housing the Lophius. Its flames didn’t reach the creatures, only set them free.
So when the Notches opened the container again, expecting to see it full of dead slugs, they were instead attacked by very alive and very angry Lophius. Joel didn’t see the creature that bit him, but he felt the pain that shot from his kne
