Every flash of electricity felt like a warning that one of those things that lived in the dark had gotten to close as Tony grew hot with the charge in his panic and it jumped to every near surface. At first, Jan was dragging him, faster to jump to action, then Tony was pushing with his shoulder against her with his stronger tail propelling them powerfully with a wake that was trapped in the claustrophobic tunnel starting to shake the stones loose. The jostling pressure didn't do much to discourage the crawling things. They must have been hungry, Tony thought, only making his own stinging electricity surge against Jan's back.
no subject