Bone Rider by J. Fally

Author:J. Fally [Fally, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub

TWENTY-FOUR

“ETA?”

Young knew it was the military equivalent to whining “Are we there yet?” but didn’t give a damn under the circumstances.

“Ten minutes,” the pilot informed him calmly.

Young confirmed and surveyed his troops again. He had three fire teams in each of the accompanying helicopters, two with him. Forty men total. It was probably overkill; this was a fight that wouldn’t be decided by numbers but by armament. Each squad was equipped with both stun and concussion grenades. A sniper was coolly checking his rifle as Young watched. The snipers had instructions to disable, not kill, and unofficial permission to do whatever the situation required. Young didn’t think they’d be able to take out the alien with a head shot, not when it was in full combat mode, but who knew? They might get lucky. Their main purpose, though, was to herd the thing to where they wanted it: away from any civilians in its proximity and into a corner somewhere.

Young would’ve felt better if the teams had had a Spitfire each as well, but the AT-742 was still an experimental weapon and not readily available. Young had brought two missiles with him when he’d flown out to New Mexico and another was waiting for them at Fort Bliss. He hoped it’d be enough in case his Plan A failed.

There was no new information on the truck or its owner. The license plate was too dirty to read from space and the angle too extreme to look into the diner where the alien had gone, presumably to feed its host body. It didn’t matter. They had its location and in nine minutes they’d get a real good look at the poor bastard carrying the creature. Maybe he’d fight hard enough to justify the use of lethal force. For the cowboy’s sake, Young certainly hoped so. He knew he would’ve preferred death to being used and abused by an alien.

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