Portal Combat
of arcade Pac-Man. As he reached for where the portal had been, another series of beams fell to the ground and surrounded him.
    "Ted, are you out of the building?"
    Before Ted could respond, the rest of the hospital came down on top of him.
     

Chapter 6
     
    With Erica on the phone, Natalie turned on the flashlight app on her cell phone. She saw a green slithering tail in the distance. Natalie growled.
    Come to the cave, she said. It'll be fun, she said .
    Erica tucked the phone away and bent her elbow in a stretch. "The line went dead, but I got through to Daly."
    Natalie gave Erica a puzzled look. "And you asked for help, right?"
    Erica bent over and touched her toes.
    Natalie grabbed Erica by the shoulder. "Hey, Captain Flexibility. Did you ask for help?"
    Erica took Natalie's wrist and removed her hand. "What, you think we can't handle this ourselves?"
    Natalie threw her hands up in the air. "I guess we don't have much of a choice."
    Natalie and Erica both shined their lights ahead, only to catch the lizard creature running toward them at full speed.
    The beast swiped at them with its claws, but Natalie tucked and rolled out of the way. She looked back to see Erica finishing a backflip to avoid the attack.
    "Show off." Natalie tossed her flashlight phone to the ground, which skidded against the stone. She formed her hands into fists.
    The phone provided enough light to see the creature in its full form. Natalie figured it was about eight feet tall and wider than her and Erica put together. Not that being twice as wide as Erica would even qualify as a size 6.
    The creature's gurgling noise bounced against the walls as it came for Erica. When it reached for her again, the protector did a split underneath the lizard. With a powerful punch, she nailed the beast directly in the crotch.
    The creature howled in pain and fell backward onto the hard stone with a thump. Erica pushed herself up on the ground and joined Natalie by her side.
    Natalie smirked. "What's with you and groins?"
    Erica raised an eyebrow. "I was brainwashed and drunk. Are you ever gonna let that go?"
    Natalie eyed the lizard squirming on the ground. "Nope."
    Quicker than either of them expected, the creature sprung back to standing. He ran toward them so fast that Erica didn't have time to block the blow that sent her back-first into the wall. The lizard grabbed Natalie by the waist and lifted her into the air, ripping her shirt as its claws had grasped her. When she squirmed to get herself free, the scent of half-digested insects blew out at her from his mouth.
    "From all that gurgling, I thought you'd be a mouthwash fan."
    When the creature gave Natalie a confused look, she reared back her fist and connected with one of its eyes. Her knuckles stung against the lizard's orbital bone as the creature released his grip to cover its bleeding eye. Natalie looked to Erica, but she was missing from her previous spot.
    As the stunned lizard tended to his sight, Erica ran and leapt from the other side of the room. She wrapped her legs around the creature's back and shot a blue wave of electricity between her hands. Erica moved her fingers to either side of the creature's head and let the lightning rip.
    Natalie watched as the lizard fell chest-first and lifeless to the ground. Erica flashed her perfect prom queen smile. Natalie was grateful enough not to hate it for the time being.
    "You couldn't have led with the brain zapping?" Natalie felt at the holes in her shirt.
    Erica crouched down beside the lizard. "And take away all that fun we just had?"
    "Your definition of fun is–"
    The lizard gurgled himself awake. Natalie ran in to deliver the final blow, but Erica held her back.
    "Just wait."
    As the lizard got back to a standing position, his disposition had changed completely. His snarling face had relaxed itself to a vacant stare. He almost looked human, aside from being green and scaly.
    "Great." Natalie folded her arms. "Now we have a lizard zombie. Just what
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