Martian Dragons by Ian Woodhead

Author:Ian Woodhead [Woodhead, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 4864 Books
Published: 2019-06-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

A desperate fight

That last shot almost took his head off. If it hadn't been for the pilot firing at the last minute, Ryan would be a red stain on the wall now. He threw himself to the floor, rolled to the left and shot at the Marauder who had, foolishly, tried to storm his makeshift barrier. The new Velicion weapon that Vel-Dragil had found him did the job pretty well. On the second shot, it hit something inside that alien's armour which caused the thing inside to detonate.

The feeling he received when that vile creatures bits covered the wall beside him made Ryan wonder if he would need to have his soul cleansed once this was over. He rolled again and fired, his shot taking out yet another alien. He heard more energy blasts coming from the passageway adjacent to this one and risked getting shot by scrambling to his feet, diving over his barrier and running into the other corridor.

The pilot and Vel-Dragil were pinned down from weapon's fire, coming from two different locations. He crawled over to them, firing continuously, to cover his approach. The Velicion tapped him on the shoulder then pointed over to the side of the corridor. He lifted his head just a fraction and saw Todd doing his best to press his body into the wall. What was he going to do? He had cover. If any of the marauders spotted him then he would not stand a chance! Ryan ground his teeth in frustration. What could he do?

The pilot sighed before throwing away his weapon before reaching into his side pocket to pull out a much smaller pistol. Their time was drawing to a close. Another few minutes and they'd be all out of ammunition.

“We need to pull back,” said the Velicion. “There are more heading straight for us.”

“No, if we do that, then Todd is dead.” shouted Ryan.

“Your friend is dead no matter what we do.” The pilot shook his head. “I am sorry, but that is how it has to be.”

“No, no way!” he shouted. “I'm not leaving him there to die alone.” Ryan screamed the jumped over the barrier, and run straight towards Todd, while firing in both directions. Several more shots almost turned him into superheated mush, but he did manage to reach his friend without getting shot.

He got down on one knee and fired twice then had to throw himself hard against the wall as one adventurous alien decided to move away from his cover in order to take a shot. The alien almost got him too, but it never got chance to fire again as a blast from the Velicion's weapon vaporised it.

“Fancy meeting you here,” said Todd.

“Yeah, fancy.” He fired in the opposite direction, acutely aware that the weapon's energy banks were close to empty. Ryan estimated that he had perhaps another four more shots left before this gun died on him. He had to make them all count.

“What did you go have to run

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