Toxic Windfall

The machete came down and the centipede's head caved in, but the force carried through and shattered the stalagmite underneath it. Rock fragments clattered down into the cave below, startling a wave of mutant insects out of their hiding places.

Thalia had an idea. She reached inward, and a pair of large pale-blue wings, shaped like a butterfly's, materialized from her back. They beat twice and lif