The beast struggled forward, skin burning. It didn’t seem to feel any pain as it reached for the Warthog skidding past and yanked a soldier from the vehicle.
	Ellis gasped as it ripped the man apart. Blood sprayed through the air as limbs smacked to the ground.
	Another missile struck, and this time the beast toppled forward.
	But more creatures were streaming out of the ground to replace it. Hundreds now. They overwhelmed the few Warthogs left in the crater like a gray wave of raw power and violence, pummeling and crushing them almost as though the many forms were a single creature.

Halo: Envoy Ch 18