8 Chicken Meal

"HOLY SHIT!"

My scream attracted my classmates and they also started freaking out. The boys started to scatter while the girls collapsed on the ground.

"RUN QUICKLY! STOP ACTING LIKE HEADLESS CHICKENS AND FOLLOW ME!" yelled coach.

"WE NEED TO FIND COVER!"

I grimly thought to myself.

Coach, we're in a field of grass.

(EA) We have no cover to find.

As the bird drew closer and closer, we grew more frantic in finding "cover". When the bird landed, we all started despairing. It looked like an eagle, it's elegant black feathers reflecting the sunlight. It's beak was curled to a point so sharp, it looked like it could pierce through wood. It's black eyes sent a petrifying gaze that prevented all of us from moving. We all subconsciously gulped, like mice facing a lion.

Silence. We stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity, when the bird opened up its wings to show a magnificent pair of wings long as a school bus. Kali couldn't help letting out a whimper, causing the bird to focus onto her. In that moment, there was only one intellectual word that surfaced in my mind.

"FUCK!"

The bird immediately switched its attention onto me and I ran for my life. This is why I never want to be the hero. As the rest of the class backed off, I was busy dancing with a deadly bird beak.

(EA) Holy god, why did you provoke it?

I DON'T KNOW AND DON'T DISTRACT ME!

(EA) Hey, to your left.

I dodged the beak by a margin

(EA) Right.

I jumped right to avoid being skewered.

(EA) Roll forward.

The beak caught my shirt causing a tear.

(EA) Jump backwards.

SHUT THE HELL UP.

The bird ruffled its feathers in an annoyed manner and furiously pecked the ground. I kept dodging as each peck pierced towards me like a spear. As if it had enough, the bird puffed up its chest and opened his beak wide.

Shit, don't tell me it can breathe fire?

Although it was very unlikely for there to be a fire breathing bird, it is equally unlikely for a bird to grow to the size of a truck. It is also impossible for there to be two suns in a single solar system due to imbalanced gravitational pull of two suns, so don't blame me for believing there to be a fire breathing bird.

I gave myself a mental slap. Really, I just had to give myself a science lecture while being hunted by a chicken.

(EA) I'm going to put this on my list of 100 things Ark did to almost get us killed. Number 96: giving himself a science lecture in a life or death situation.

The chicken finally relaxed and I braced myself for a burst of flames that might come out of its beak.

But it never came. Instead of flames, it released a terrible screech.

"SCREEEEECH!!!"

The whole world blacked out as I staggered, tripping over invisible objects. I saw blinking stars and felt liquid dripping out of my ear and nose. Similar to me, James, Kali, and the others were on the floor, looking like drunks.

When I regained some of my clarity, I saw a big wide gaping hole swallowing me whole.

Shit… am I getting eaten by a chicken?

(EA) No we are. Thanks a lot.

As the foul stench of bad bird breath hit me, I was squeezed down a tight, slimy throat.