Rifts - Sonic Boom (2013) by Chilson Adam (fixed)

Author:Chilson, Adam (fixed)
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Two hotspots filled Sharp’s targeting feed HUD. Observing the advance of the two jet pack troops, Sharp prepared to move in closer to the target destination himself. Suddenly four monstrous birds with ugly humanoid heads winged their way into his sights. Recognizing them as identical in form to the dead and decaying ones at the massacred village, Sharp didn’t bother to call in for approval. Their flights went erratic from Sharp’s laser burning into one harpy’s side. The second beam sent its screaming bloodied corpse into the woods. Reacting to save their lives, the two jet pack troopers took evasive action while firing on the clawing monsters. Wild automatic laser fire kept the remaining three at bay, but only singed dirty feathers.

Trying to steady his aim on the erratic movements of the harpies, Sharp didn’t see the humanoid shadow fall over him. Leaves rustled behind him, and he noticed the shadow. He rolled, weapon coming up ready to vaporize the stealthy rebel. Sharp felt foolish momentarily at being so badly startled by a stupid animal. Blood chilled in his veins; the elegant winged deer cast the shadow of a man.

Ears laid back and teeth bared, the creature jumped skyward, kicking Sharp in the chest with its foreleg. Staggering back, Sharp switched the selector to Ion beam and fired rapidly from the hip at the flying demon deer. Charged ions burned fur and flesh, but the creature came at him again even angrier than before. Ducking the fast moving deer, he wasted several charges into the sky before it turned on him again. White teeth gleamed, ears flattened against its head, the monstrous thing attacked.

Bruising his chest further, Sharp roughly flung himself over a large boulder. The weapon readout displayed an empty energy clip, and twenty eight shots left on the JA-11’s internal cell. Sharp took a moment to slot another clip while the demon deer found a better altitude to dive from. Multiple ion beams burned the deer’s neck and chest before its horns slammed Sharp against the boulder. The JA-11 flew from his grasp.

Lightning reflexes and too many John Wayne movies did their work. Attempting to quick-draw his pair of C-18 side-arms, Sharp discovered he couldn’t even reach them with his arms entangled in the deer’s horns. Thinking fast, he escaped by engaging his jet pack. Both stone and antlers scored grooves in the armor’s paint. Quickly moving to the side prevented Sharp’s legs from being struck by up-thrust antlers. Airborne, the monster pursued him with a vengeance.

It dove, ears back. Blood and internal organs sprayed from its side, a high pitched scream grating the air. Traveling over two hundred miles per hour, Van switched from rail gun to foreword laser and finished off the flying fiend. Sharp retrieved his rifle and hopped over to make sure the smoking carcass was actually dead. Van De Graf hovered meters way, his Sky King’s thrusters bending tree branches around him.

“You okay?” He shouted.

“Sure. I get cracked ribs every time I fight one of these things!” Sharp shouted back.

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