Alien- ATV Chase

  “Cover your ears!” she shouts, and the volt gun goes off, loud as a lightning strike and twice as close. My hair stands on end, and the recoil from the shot washes over my skin in a static wave.
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  “It didn’t like that!” she replies jubilantly. For the first time since this all started, she sounds like she thinks we might be able to win. “Hold on!”

  She fires again. This time, the creature roars in anger and pain, confirming that the bolt struck home. It sounds closer than it was. I can’t tell how true that is, and so I keep driving, trying to get as much speed as I can out of the struggling engine.
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  Kora fires again, then smacks the barrel of the gun against the back of the seat, swearing under her breath. “I’m out of charges.”

  “It’ll refuel if you give it a few seconds.” The forest is looming up ahead, more welcoming than ever. The creatures are new to the planet. They don’t know it as well as I do. Sure, they’re knives in more ways than one, capable of cutting through virtually anything that gets in their way, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be impacted by any obstacles I can throw into their way.

  “We don’t have a few seconds!”

  That’s when the creature leaps onto the back of the ATV, rocking it.

Echo, Chapter 18