H.E.R.O. - Horde Read Online Free PDF

away."
    "Cool trick."
    I glanced around again, all of the red guys were still down.
    Rayna pulled the smallest orb, Duff, close to her and whispered, "Did you see the guys?"
    Duff's upside-down eyes looked around at all of us and he said, "Guys right dere."  He pointed at us with one of his crab claws.
    She whispered again, "No, sweetie.  The guys in your pictures, were they here?"
    "No."
    From under a pile of broken furniture, something long and thin with green and yellow fur and with wings stumbled out, shook itself, and leaped into the air.  It flew and landed on Spartan's large shoulder.  It was a three foot long furred dragon.
    It said, "You were drinking at the bar, weren't you Duff?"
    Two of Duff's eyes looked at him and he replied, "Duff no drink at bar."
    Gruff said, "Duff always drinks at bar."
    Duff said, "Do not."
    Rayna looked at the dragon.  "Kar, did you see him drinking at the bar?"
    "No."
    "Then how do you know he was doing it?"
    "Cause."
    "Because of what?"
    "Cause he has a horrible deception skill.  He did it!"
    Rayna sighed and rolled her eyes.  She held her hand out near Spartan's shoulder and the dragon walked up it onto her shoulder, wrapping itself around the back of her neck.
    Zonk said, "You have a dragon now?"
    Rayna nodded.  "This is Kar."
    Kar said, "Greetings, jester.  Rayna, see what I mean about the red horde men?  They were a horde of orcs!"  The dragon tried to deepen its voice as it said, "The Horde has arrived!"
    Rayna nodded.
    Zonk said, "The dragon's wicked awesome!  Can I use him in one of my acts?"
    "No, Kar is more of a sit at home and play games kind of dragon."
    The dragon nodded.
    Zonk said, "Can you make me some of these guys?  I might actually succeed at juggling with balls that can float."
    "What?  No!  Ugh, you're terrible.  Come on boys, tonight's been a bust."  She turned and headed for the door, her three floating eye monsters hovered along with her.
    Zonk said, "Oops, speaking of a bust, forgot to close the event."  He pressed a few buttons on his phone.
    I glanced at the bar area, where several mutants in Goth style clothing were standing around the end of the bar.  The woman with the spider legs was wiping off her face in front of the bar's long mirror.
    I said, "I'm going to go say hi to the spider lady."  I walked away from the two bricks toward the mutants.
    Most of the mutants turned toward me before I reached the group.  One of them moved to intercept me, but one of her spider legs reached out and pushed him to the side.
    She said, "Now, now, Lorach.  He's one of us."
    I said, "Hi, I'm Black Tiger.  So what happened here?"
    One of the other mutants said, "These jerks barged in and started tearing up the place."
    "Out of nowhere?"
    "No, dumbass.  They used the front door."
    "I meant ... did they have cause?"
    The lady said, "I will speak with the hero.  This is my club.  I am Lady Nocturne, hero."
    The mutant nodded, "Sorry, Lady."
    I was glad I had a face mask on, for I raised an eyebrow.
    I asked, "This is your club?"
    "Yes, it is.  Tomlin is correct; they did come in through the front door and immediately began picking fights."
    "But why?"
    "I haven't a clue.  I've never seen anything like them.  They look odd, like a new form of brick, wouldn't you agree?"
    I couldn't disagree with that thought.  They were wide, bulky and well muscled - and obviously had some kind of armored skin.  However, their odd looks were so off human that they had to be more along the lines of mutants.
    I said, "I'm not sure.  They are kind of a combo brick and mutant."
    She shook her head, "Apart from the odd appearance, they have little in common with mutants.  No claws, swords or other body weaponry, for example."
    "Good point."
    She made an odd expression, reached into her mouth and pulled out a fang.
    She said, "Damn them, this better re-grow."
    I said, "Mutant swords re-grow, I don't know why teeth wouldn't."
    Seeing Lady Nocturne up close was