It rose, a mass of tangled limbs, each one armour plated with a paralyzing goo seeping from black pores. The monster clicked it's mandibles and followed me with it's enormous compound eye. Towering above me, as tall as a double decker bus, it began to emit a series of squeaks and clicks. The rustling noises that came from all directions told me that it was not alone. There was a whole family out there, and they were closing in. I did not know how this was happening or even how we were supposed to defend ourselves from these creatures but I knew that I had to protect them. I had to protect every single one of them. This school and Academy was filled with kids, who were our future and I could let these freaky bastards take that away from any single one of them. I had seen that there were st