Snatcher - Impales man with tail

  He’s almost at the door when he spies another set of black talons. A blow like a baseball bat comes down in the dead center of his spine. D ck cannot scream because he cannot breathe. Through his one good eye, he watches the gush of blood, knowing it comes from his own lips. His legs are gone, or at least he can’t feel them.

  And then he is weightless, every last inch of his being in unimaginable pain, the strength of his mangled arms failing. He looks down at his chest to see the glittering black spine of a long tail protruding from his ribcage.

  Oh, he thinks, the world growing dim, the big f cker impaled me.

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Alien: The Cold Forge, Interlude, D ck