The sail-back squealed, its tail whipping about the room like a writhing, sentient tentacle knocking over racks of chips and candy bars, sweeping shelves clear of motor oil and transmission fluid, crushing coolers.
And though she couldn"t be certain amidst all that noise, Savanna thought she heard a helicopter. She caught but the hint of a sound, a hovering thump-thump-thump ... And then it was gone, lost among the howling of the saurians and the tumbling of shelves.
Omar stood frozen, his jaw agape, as he watched the two titans make hay of the storefront. The sail-back"s tail swung perilously close, and suddenly something hard and bony struck him in the mouth. He felt his lip split open like a turnip, then the warm gushing of blood.
He’d managed to swallow a tooth or three before real
