Snatcher - Jumper

  Dorian opens the final gate between the pair of random losers and the snatcher population, setting them up for a running of the bulls. He expects it to be a short affair. After all, the things can leap ten yards at a gallop. Yet humans are wily. Maybe these two can keep him entertained for a while. He sets off the alarms in their laboratory, and triggers the halon fire extinguishers.

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Alien: The Cold Forge, Chapter 26