The Wilderness (2)
And then found himself floundering at the last moment. His legs felt like jelly and he hobbled for a second, only moving a couple steps forward through the van instead of leaping towards the giant worm.
"Any luck?" Theodore had rolled down the window and called out from below.
"Uh, give me a minute–" Lukas replied. "Performance jitters."
"We don't have that much time to spare!"
"I know!" Lukas clenched his fist, holding onto the spear as tightly as he could. He was going to make it work this time. And yet he also couldn't help but feel as if his plan was possible. "I'm not some fuckin Vampire kangaroo here but this is..."
But all of a sudden, there was a ruckus below him.
"What are you doing?" Stacy called out aghast.
Not a moment later, Alexei clambered back up into the roof of the van. He grunted and looked at Lukas.
"What are you doing here?" Lukas asked, repeating Stacy's words from earlier.