CHAPTER ELEVEN
Trip!” I said, holding out a hand toward him as far as I could. “No!”
I rose to my feet and tried to walk over to him to see if he was still alive, but then there was another roar that forced me to stop and slam my hands over my ears to protect my hearing. I looked toward the lights, squinting until they dimmed enough for me to see exactly what I was up against.
The creature that stood in the tunnel looked like a full-sized grizzly bear, but like the tiger, it had obviously been cybernetically-modified to make it even deadlier than it normally was. Thick steel plates covered its back and limbs, while its eyes had been completely replaced with bright yellow lights that reminded me of headlights. Its claws were also metal and looked razor sharp, while a low whirring sound c
