She screamed again, not wanting to believe that she was thirty metres above the jungle floor and travelling at speed in the arms of... of what?She was like the rag-doll plaything of an ape, except that whatever had abducted her was supporting her back and head solicitously. She was aware of its great strength as it swung through the jungle canopy, leaping and diving, and she knew that, had it intended to kill her, it could easily have done so. Therefore, it wanted her alive. And Ed?She rose and fell with the creature, the motion making her feel sick. She saw flashes of green vegetation, a starlit sky, then the ground far below. She tried to twist her head to see what was carrying her, but the thing held her fast in arms. It felt slick and wet and rubbery. No, not arms – she was gripped merely by one arm, while the other was employed to swing through the treetops. This she could see, a thick, muscular appendage that grabbed and released branches and vines in quick succession, launching itself from tree to tree with great powerful swings.
