Before the Shattered Gates of Heaven Part 1_Trickster's Pit by Bryan S. Glosemeyer

Author:Bryan S. Glosemeyer [Glosemeyer, Bryan S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien, Underground, outer space, science fiction, Psychedelic, Woman, adventure, far future, Battle, space opera, action, Female Protagonist, Strong, Combat, scifi, Spaceship
Publisher: Void Forms Media
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

4.

HEIGHTENED SENSES FELT every rough edge of every pebble slam into the girl’s spine and crack her head. Her vision blurred and spiraled. She gasped, desperate to regain her breath, heart beating out a panicked cadence against her ribs. Only one thought emerged from her stunned mind. Better to die fighting than to live as a hen.

The infidel's victorious howl buzzed and rattled above her. The girl prayed the Gods would allow her to pass through the Gates. But as she drew another breath, something in her revolted. She wasn’t dead yet, so she had better keep fighting. Whether by force of will or the brew’s accelerants, her vision cleared enough to see her opponent standing high above.

The vermin made a mistake. It hesitated. It should have taken her head by now. But first, it wanted to gloat and shake its vile claws at the Masters.

Now it would kill her.

Raising the axe high above its writhing sense tendrils, it leaped from the top boulder. The axe came slicing down. Its aim was precise, yet the blade scattered only sand and gravel.

A fraction of a second slower, and she would have been over, another dead girl dripping brains on the pit floor. When she rolled to the side, the blade came so close she could feel the wake of air currents sliding over her scalp, its deadly song humming in her ear.

She rolled into the creature’s right leg. Trained instincts took control. Pivoting and twisting, she grabbed hold of its claw-foot while her legs snaked around the alien’s hind leg. One more roll and the vleez fell forward. It had four arms to catch itself with, but had to let go of the axe to keep from smashing its metal-grafted face to the ground.

In shape and structure, its legs were alien to her own. But like a human, it had joints that bent perfectly well in one direction, while not at all in another. Knowing better than to hesitate, she readjusted for maximum torque, then pulled and twisted on its foot with all her strength. Her chest erupted in agony like daggers were grinding into her ribs. She screamed, and she pulled, and she twisted. When the popping snap finally came, she didn’t know if it was her or the vleez who broke.

In truth, it was the both of them. For the vleez, it was grossly obvious. The flesh around the claw-foot ripped open, part of its joint tearing through. Thick, dark blood oozed from the twisted open joint, giving off a putrid reek. The alien’s agonized wail would have horrified the young mine rat she had been, sent her screaming and crying down into the tunnels, fleeing that wretched noise. But something broke in her too. The drums, the brew, the pain, the urgent shouting in her head demanding that she not die yet. All fused into an unrelenting bloodlust.

Tossing aside its dangling foot, she spied the fallen axe. To reach it she needed to navigate around the vermin and its claws.

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