Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 5

By Christopher D. Carter

Crush, Pound, and the field agents of the D.A.M. must face off against the demon Drakthos and his evil twin witches in the fifth installment of the ongoing series!!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher D. Carter
• Release date: Mar 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781940451107

Christopher D. Carter

Christopher D. Carter is an engineer by trade. After spending many hours of free time drawing, painting, and writing, he decided to unleash a unique universe of characters upon the worlds of science fiction and comic book fandom.

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The Uncanny Tales of Crush & Pound 5

by Christopher D. Carter

© 2013

Text and Illustration Copyright © 2013 Christopher D. Carter

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Also by Christopher D. Carter:

Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound Annual 1

Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 1

Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 2

Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 3

Uncanny Tales of Crush and Pound 4

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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About the Author

Chapter 1

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Twisted Minister

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The great willow tree reared back one heavy limb to the ground, and with the release of a mighty twist, the witch was driven rocketing backward into a candle factory at the end of the street. Cheering from the treetop, Pound held onto the trunk and braced for the witch’s return. In a fiery burst of flames, the candle factory exploded, and the charred, smoky form of the witch strode out from the remnants of the damaged storefront. Carefully, the smoldering carcass weaved her hands in a whirl, and the smoke and flames cleared from the witch’s body. She laughed at the pitiful attack that the tree had made, and forming her hands into an ‘X’, the witch aimed a hex upon her adversaries. The venerable tree spun like a top when the anticipated spell struck the trunk near the top, and Pound was nearly thrown to the street on impact. Fortunately the lower limbs weaved a net of branches into a protective fiber, catching him in mid-descent and saving his life.

I need more help, he thought to himself. Seth was hiding behind an elm tree next to the sidewalk, and Pound transmitted a mental summons to wake the sleeping hardwood from its slumber. The roots of the elm blanketed the surrounding yard in a hefty radius and burst through the surface of the earth at Seth’s feet. Seth fell backward in surprise, and when he made a dash for cover, the lower limbs reached down to snatch him off his feet. The limbs then passed him up the outer boundary of the branches to the center of the treetop in a symphony of motion that could only compare with the wave a millipede’s legs from head to tail.

Seth! Go after the four trees into the city! commanded Pound.

What should I do when I catch up with one? Seth called, still in a daze of confusion from the elm tree’s sudden animated emergence.

Those bewitched maples were small trees in size. The elm that you’re riding is large enough and strong enough to capture them and bring them back here to me one at a time, and I’ll remove the enchantment, replied Pound, though he had doubts of his own power over the witches’ spells. All he could do was to try and hope for the best when Seth brought the first enchanted tree back to him.

When Pound turned his attention back to the witch, she whirled her hands in a spell and threw a fireball at the trunk of the willow, which then smashed into a thousand tiny cinders on the scaly bark. The cinders grew tiny legs, and the flames scattered up the trunk of the tree like cockroaches scattering in the light. Reacting quickly, the many limbs snatched the cinders and flicked them into a small circumference around the base of