by cobalt-blue » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:42 pm
Hayes swept out of the shuttle, his guns spewing out red hot death into the attacking raptors. His aim was remarkably accurate as he wasted little ammunition, each shot seeming to be a kill shot. Yet the reptiles kept coming, charging the girl as if under the control of something else.
Carstairs raced across the intervening meters between the shuttle and the strange white haired girl- such a strange color to see on a human that wasn't well past their prime. He scooped her up in one arm and raced back toward the shuttle as the small gun in her hand still fired toward the closing raptors.
Simon's mind cast out to the raptors, and he found a low level buzz. They were enraged, and they were confused. This prey was costing the pack too many of its members, but they couldn't stop the attack. Something was driving them to kill the girl. As he detected this low undertow of energy that seemed to sweep through the minds of the raptors, his body worked on automatic as three more of the large headed creatures fell to the ground with 7.5 mm slivers of spent uranium smashed into their skulls at mach 20.
Suddenly the creatures stopped their attack as Doctor Gramanov's device went on line. For just a moment, skidded to a stop and then stared as if seeing the humans for the first time. Then panicking they made a bee-line back to the cover of the forest. Deep in the fern forest, something howled in frustration as Carstairs came pounding up the ramp, the little girl with the hand gun in his arms.
