Alien Intent (Captured by Aliens Book 3)

Author:Jaide Fox [Fox, Jaide]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-20T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Dar jerked his head toward the disturbance. Without pause, he leapt to his feet and dragged her up from the ground. Before she could get steady footing, he pushed her away from him. “Run, Jasmine. Get my gun.”

A growl carried on the wind, sending a chill up her wet back. Jasmine launched herself into a run, not daring a look behind. Dar waved his arms, catching the beast’s attention away from her as she ran toward the bags. She bent and searched his bag, looking for his gun, hyperventilating when she couldn’t find it. Behind her, she heard the growl again, accompanied with Dar’s grunts of exertion. In her mind, something horrible was tearing him apart. Dumping the contents on the ground, feeling her blood pressure skyrocketing, she almost passed out when she saw the black and silver gun skitter in a circle in the dirt.

Snatching the gun from the ground, she spun, facing Dar and the animal.

With his knees bent and his hands in loosely curled fists, he looked like a mixed martial artist first entering the cage, bouncing foot to foot as he dodged the animal’s rampage. Stocky of build, with thick shoulders and tapered hips, the animal looked like a cross between a rhinoceros and a dinosaur, but it stood no higher than Dar’s waist. A four inch, ivory horn jutted from its short snout, and spiny protrusions erupted along its spine and feathered into small greyish green scales that covered the rest of its body. It pawed the ground with dirty, ivory claws, and swung a stumpy tail as it lifted its head in fury. Its movements and reactions reminded her of a wild boar.

Dar focused on the beast, his eyes never leaving the animal as it circled him.

“I’ve got the gun!” she yelled, running closer.

He held up his hand to stop her. She rooted to the spot, afraid to distract him from the movements of his foe. Jasmine palmed the gun, placing her finger on the trigger and taking aim.

“It’s a biometric trigger. I have to shoot it. Throw it to me now!” he said, holding his hand up.

She launched the gun into the air. Dar lunged for it and missed. With his distraction, the beast charged, gouging Dar in the stomach and knocking him back. It jerked its thick head, slashing an opening through cloth and flesh as one. Lifting its head, droplets of blood slung through the air like rain. The gun hit the dirt, sending dirt clods and bits of moss flying as it buried itself in the loam. Dar groaned in pain, clutching his stomach. Jasmine screamed, blood thumping in her ears and horror turning her movements sluggish as she ran for him and scanned the area for another weapon. He hit the ground on his knees, scrambling for the gun as the animal closed in for the kill with its horn aimed. Gathering on its haunches, it lunged for Dar’s throat, baring a mouthful of small, razor-like teeth. He twisted, elbowing the beast in the jaw as he fell back and hit the gun with his shoulder.

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