Kicked five yards

Sinesh fell to his back , planted the shaft’s butt against the rock . The falling demon impaled itself on the broken end . Sinesh used the beast’s momentum to carry it over him , planted his boot soles on the gnarled body to help it along . Sinesh rolled backward and kicked out hard — the demon sailed five yards , crashed into a boulder so hard two of its backsticks broke off . The beast righted itself . Burning blood poured from its wounds , sizzling against rock , melting dirt into tiny , smoking puddles . The demon clawed at the smoking , broken spear shaft still embedded in its chest .

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Aliens: Phalanx, Chapter 6