Chapter 43: Twenty Seconds

The black bear relentlessly attacked seven or eight times, each strike growing weaker. The heavy thuds gradually turned into almost inaudible taps. "That should be it, " Ken said, "I think it's done attacking." As Ken predicted, after that last weak attack, the black bear gave the iron plate a cautious look, snorted a few times, and then gave up. It didn't look tired, but it stopped attacking. "Is that it?" Jonah peeked out from behind the iron plate. "It looks like that creature still has some...