Feral → newt, tmr

Extras 1: Escaping The Maze

"Do you hear that?" He whispers.

Vera shakes her head, trying to squash the terror Aris's expression he's giving her.

Aris creeps ahead and peeks around the sharp edge of the stone, looking toward the alley.

Vera has noticed him do that before, when they arrive at this very spot, right after the day he killed a Shade. Just like that time, Aris jerks back and turns to face her.

"Oh, no." The boy says through a moan. "Oh, no."

Then Vera hears it. Shades sound. It is as if they have been hiding, waiting, and now are coming to life. She doesn't even have to look-she knows what Aris is going to say before he says it.

"There's one." He reaches up and rubs his eyes with the heels of his hands. "It's just waiting for us."

Sonya and Harriet move up the line of waiting girls to join Vera and the others.

Apparently, Aris's pronunciation is already whispering through the ranks, because the first thing Sonya says is. "Well, we knew we'd have to fight."

But the tremor in her voice gives her away-she is just trying to say the right thing.

Vera feels it herself. It's easy to talk about-the nothing-to-lose fight, the hope that just one of them would be taken, the chance to finally escape. But now it is here, literally around the corner. Doubts that she can go through with it seeps into her mind and heart. Are the Creators enjoying this?

Rachel on the other hand is horrified the most. Her face is pale.

Vera reaches out to her bag, pulls out the key she found inside the Shade Aris killed a day ago and hands the metal cylindrical device to the timid girl. "You take this, Rachel."

"Stay behind us." She adds, giving a reassuring smile.

Rachel nods, tightening her grip on the device.

Aris gathers the courage he needs with a large breath and turns to the group. "We came this far. It's a matter of time we fight the Shades and go through. The key will activate the door to our freedom. We get out of this maze or die trying. Who's with me?"

The girls' roar, clutching their meager weapons and raising them up, preparing themselves for the action.

"Nice speech, bro." Chris remarks, cracking his neck to the sides. "Let's do this."

"Always stay close and stick together." Aris advises. "Let's go!"

Letting out a battle cry, the group charges into the tunnel where the Shade is blocking their way.

The Shade at the end of the tunnel notices the group and screeches. Spikes are popping in and out of blubbery skin, its body shudders and pulses. Then, the monster moves forward, slowly, instrument-tipped appendages unfolding, pointing at the Springers, ready to kill.

With the lead of Aris, the weapons of the group steadily make contact with the ugly creature, throwing it backwards.

The Shades's tail swings back and forth as the group duck to survive.