Warriors of Risnar 4 by Tracy St. John

Author:Tracy St. John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense, danger, action adventure, happily ever after, futuristic, alternate worlds, first contact, alien invasion, alien romance, strong heroine
Publisher: Tracy St. John

Chapter Eleven

The attack had already begun.

As Arga’s craft approached Yitrow, a cloud of dartwings and shuttles rose into the sky over the town. Selena gripped the edges of the cockpit opening, crying out to see more Risnarish racing on foot toward the edge of the settlement. They twisted here and there in confusion, many trying to avoid small gray creatures that sprinted after them or cut them off. Screams rang out, piercing and awful.

“We’re too late!”

“The drones are coming out of the main temple. I’ll do a flyover so we can see the situation through the dome.” Arga piloted his vessel to the vantage point. He and Selena leaned over the sides to have a better look.

Selena spotted three massive vehicles, each four times the size of any tank she’d ever been around. Behind them were vast holes torn through the floor, leading to beneath the ground. The giant drills affixed to the fronts of the machines told her these devices had been tunneling beneath Yitrow all this while, digging paths so that they could invade the Risnarish capital.

Worse was seeing the masses of the tiny gray creatures, looking like Roswell aliens, spilling from the open hatches along the sides of the vehicles. They were the drones; robotic tools of the Monsuda. In addition to the vast numbers erupting from the drill machines, more were racing out of the tunnels they’d dug.

“It’s a full-scale invasion! Were you trained to shoot like Anneliese?” Arga shouted.

“Yeah! Do you have an extra of those shooter tubes?”

“In this bin.” His foot kicked a small hatch next to their legs.

Selena leaned down to claim her weapon as Arga pulled his own off his utility belt. She popped up to watch as he bombarded a pack of drones chasing a knot of Risnarish women and children. Other dartwings swooped in to provide additional cover for the escapees.

Selena paused before shooting to listen intently. “Hold your fire a sec, Arga. I’ve got someone talking into the helmet.” Arga complied, taking the dartwing out of the group of fighters. Selena listened intently to the speaker imbedded in the head protection Arga insisted she wear when they flew.

“Can you hear it?”

“It’s Yitrow’s head enforcer. Bej Bolep? He says to defend the larger crowds, particularly the females and kids. Hold the drones off while civilians are evacuated to the hive.”

“Got it.”

Selena fiddled with the unfamiliar shooter that resembled an oversized flashlight. After listening to Arga’s hurried instructions, she shot at the bunches of drones, sending out a wide spray of white projectiles that burst into flame upon impact. Arga did the same with his own shooter.

“Doesn’t this craft have firepower?” Surely the Risnarish hadn’t overlooked weaponry on the dartwings.

“Only for a wide spread, not precision aiming. If I fire at the drones, I’ll hit the people too.”

“What about those bore machines? Take them out with whatever enemy is still in them.”

“We’ve tested the few we’ve captured. They’re made to withstand our weaponry, even the boom cannons. Since they’ve never been used to attack, we haven’t needed a defense against them.

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