The hair on the back of her neck
stood up. The next instant, the alien chittered behind them.
Renee swiveled, raising her gun.
A heavy clout to her ribs knocked her backwards and drove the air from her
lungs. Her gun spun loose and disappeared into the darkness. The cement floor
rushed up to greet her. Dull pain reverberated throughout her body.
She fought off the shock and
twisted about just in time to see the flash of light explode from Adam's gun.
The bullet pinged off the wall. The alien looming over Adam swung a mantis arm.
The former police officer careened through the air like a broken puppet. His
head collided with the top of the door frame with a solid thunk. He dropped to the ground, and his gun skittered outside. He
slumped and did not move again.
Renee raised her gaze, her ears
still ringing with the blast from the gun. The insectoid alien horror stalked
on its wisp thin legs to stand over her. The moonlight showed it in glaring
detail; seven feet of alien. Its proboscis writhed and lengthened. The end
narrowed to a needle tip. Hypnotized with terror, she watched as a drop
appeared at the end of the profane appendage. The nightmarish face approached
hers. Sparse tufts of hair sprouted out of its elongated skull. The skin
reflected the moonlight like shiny new plastic. Light colored, obscenely
humanlike eyes stared at her.
It brushed against her throat. Its
proboscis slid against her skin with a lover's caress. Renee didn’t have the
strength to even moan. It was over.
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