Stinger by Robert R. McCammon

Author:Robert R. McCammon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Horror, Fiction - Horror, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction, General, Horror - General, General & Literary Fiction, Modern fiction
ISBN: 9780671737764
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1988-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

“You did this!” Someone’s hand closed around her shoulder and yanked her to her feet. There was rage in the voice, and rage in the touch. Her legs were still wobbly, and the human hand shook her with maddened fury. “You did this, . you little alien bitch!”

“John!” Jennings said. “Let her go!”

Brett shook her again, harder. The little girl felt as if she were made of rubber, and her lack of substance further infuriated him. “You damned thing!” he shrieked. “Why don’t you go back where you came from!”

“Stop it!” The reverend started to rise, but a pain shot from his shoulder down his back. He stared numbly at his feet; his shoes were gone, and gray slime clung to his argyle socks.

“You don’t belong here!” Brett shouted, and shoved her roughly away. She stumbled backward, all balance lost, and gravity took her to the ground. “Oh God oh Jesus,” the mayor moaned, his face yellow with dust. He looked around, saw that Don and Jill Ringwald and their two sons had made it out, as well as Ida Slattery, Stan and Carmen Frazier, Joe Pierce, the Fancher family, and Lee and Wanda Clemmons among the others. “Doris where’s my wife?” Fresh panic hit him. “Doris! Hon, where are you?”

There was no reply.

Daufin stood up. Her center felt bruised, and the foul taste of pork ’n beans soured her mouth. The anguished human being turned, started staggering back toward the ruined abode of ritual. Daufin said, “Stop him!” in a voice that reverberated with power and made Al Fancher clasp his hand on Brett’s arm.

“She’s gone, John.” Jennings tried to stand again, still could not; his feet were freezing cold, and seemed to have been shot full of novocaine up to his ankles. “I saw her go down.”

“No, you didn’t!” Brett pulled free. “She’s all right! I’ll find her!”

“Stinger took her,” Daufin said, and Brett flinched as if he’d been struck. She realized the human had lost a loved one, and again pain speared her. “I’m sorry.” She lifted a hand toward him.

Brett reached down and picked up a stone. “You did it! You killed my Doris!” He took a step forward, and Daufin saw his intention. “Somebody oughta kill you!” he seethed. “I don’t care if you’re hidin’ in a little girl’s skin! By Jesus, I’ll kill you myself!” He flung the stone, but Daufin was faster by far. She dodged aside, and the stone sailed past her and hit the pavement.

“Please,” she said, offering her palms as she retreated to the street. “Please don’t ”

His hand closed on another rock. “No!” Jennings shouted, but Brett threw it. This time the rock clipped Daufin’s shoulder, and the pain made her eyes flood with tears. She couldn’t see, couldn’t understand what was happening, and Brett hollered, “Damn you to hell!” and advanced on her.

She almost stumbled over her legs, righted herself before she fell; then she propelled herself away from the human being in the complex motion of muscles and bones called running.

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