Time moved comically slowly within the tunnel, the crew watching their comrade helplessly as a strange creature dragged him into the heap of skeletal remains.
Only the hero and the captain were able to come back to their senses and make a move to save the soldier. The captain unsheathed his weapon and the hero equipped his own, and both dashed towards the commotion.
Alister moved at a speed several times faster than Theobald and arrived before the helpless soldier in a split second. Not wasting an instant, he lifted his sword and executed a quick downward slash, splitting the flexible bony hand in two and freeing the soldier.
Theobald arrived at just the right moment. He quickly grabbed the soldier and pulled him away from danger.
The other half of the strange bony appendage wiggled and retracted back into its hideout among the bones. A movement within the heap was easily noticed by everyone, including Alister.
SCREECH!
