Vaporized by Rosser Simon

Author:Rosser, Simon [Rosser, Simon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Schmall World Publishing
Published: 2014-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

THE ALIEN TENDRIL swooped down over Amber, its blunt end now formed into a perfect image of her own face. Amber held her breathe, for what felt like an eternity, waiting for the thing to attack her but it didn’t. Amber’s facial expression reflected her emotions, alternating from initial shock, to confusion and then fear, which was copied perfectly by the entity above her. It was if the thing was mocking her.

Amber felt like retching at the strong smell of ammonia emanating from the thing, but she managed to suppress the feeling, and very slowly, whilst looking at her own terrified image looking down at her, moved her knees and feet into a position that allowed her to manoeuvre.

Amber inched slowly backwards in order to position herself just in front of the vehicle’s driver’s door. The thing above her tracked her movement like a giant snake, as if it was preparing to strike.

Crouching just behind the seam of the door, Amber slowly reached up with her right hand, and slipped her fingers into the space under the door handle. She then closed her eyes and pulled.

Clunk, the door opened.

With the door open a crack, Amber glanced up. The tendril moved back and up into an arc, as the end of it rapidly transformed from a reflection of herself, into a dagger-like spike.

Amber frantically struggled to unclip the straps of her backpack, and it fall away from her shoulders. She then yanked the door open, sprang up from her crouched position, and fell into the driver’s seat of the BMW, quickly slamming the door closed behind her.

She punched the driver’s door locking mechanism down, instantly locking both the driver and passenger’s doors.

Outside, the spike-shaped tendril swiped down, striking the windscreen of the car with huge force, cracking it.

Where are the damn keys? Amber mentally screamed, as she frantically felt around for them. She hoped they were still slotted into the ignition, but no such luck. She searched in the central console and behind the sun visor, hoping they would drop out like they did in the movies, but they weren’t there.

Outside, the tendril reared back again and struck the windscreen a second time, this time, smashing it completely.

Amber ducked down, realising this was it. The next strike and the thing would get her. She felt around in the foot-well, just in case the keys had fallen down there. As she did, she placed her hand into a mound of ash. “Shit!” she cursed, realising the owner of the vehicle must have been vaporized in the front seat.

Then, as she pulled her hand away, she felt something cold, something metal. She grabbed the object, pulling it from the ash. It was the vehicle’s ignition key and alarm fob. She disengaged the alarm on the fob, rammed the key into the ignition slot and twisted it clockwise.

The tendril struck again, this time narrowly missing the windscreen and hitting the convertible roof, tearing through it like it was butter.

The BMW’s engine turned over, but the car failed to start.

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