The Eagle's Last Stand by Gibson Morales

Author:Gibson Morales [Morales, Gibson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781943575190
Publisher: Mo Bros Books
Published: 2017-11-05T19:51:06+00:00

13

Sledge threw the driver's body down, scooted to the back of van, and checked the windows. “Yup. Seven of them.”

“I should probably be flattered, huh?” Dagos said, her eyes locked on the three Anunnaki soldiers standing in front of the van. A mere fifteen feet away, she could clearly see the chrome combat armor that covered everything up their over-sized, hairless gray heads. At an average of nine feet, an Anunnaki soldier possessed obvious strength and size advantages over a human. The combat armor only accentuated those differences. Still, they had weaknesses. A series of knobs, grooves, and discs occupying square spaces on the Anunnaki's chests served as their breathers. Oxygen filtration apparatuses to help them manage in a different kind of air than their home planet's.

They could shoot those and, theoretically, weaken the Anunnaki. It wasn't an instant change, though, and weakening didn't mean killing.

The other option was to aim for their heads. They were big, obvious targets.

And yet as these thoughts skipped through her mind, the Anunnaki pulled dark-gray metal sheets off their backs. With flicks, the sheets expanded on all sides to form giant shields.

That's when the Anunnaki began approaching.

“You seeing what I'm seeing?” Sledge asked.

“Wish this thing had a moon roof,” Dagos muttered, stepping back from the wheel. “Get over here. I'll ride shotgun this time.”

In a single stride, Sledge was settling in beside her and revving the engine. Ahead of them, the Anunnaki mounted their shields on the street.

“The sooner the better,” Dagos said, clipping her seat belt and adjusting her hold on her bolt-action hunting rifle.

Sledge kept one hand on the wheel and rested the other on the dashboard with a pistol. The next thing she knew they were plowing at the line of Anunnaki shields. Dagos had broken through shields like this before. Granted, she'd been riding in MRAPs or Hummers. Would a street van muster the power to break the line?

The answer came with a violent crunch of the bumper, and they swung forward, their seat belts digging into their chests. Dagos's entire body tensed at the impact. She only hoped the van could still function.

“Piece of crap,” Sledge said, putting it into reverse.

A slice of unease cut into Dagos as the dark-gray of Anunnaki shields dominated the passenger side mirror. They were on the verge of surrounding them.

Sledge revved the engine and they barreled at the narrowing gap between two shields in front of them. A split-second later, the shields scraped against the van on either side, sparks jumping into the air as the side mirrors snapped off.

Somehow, they cleared the barrier. The familiar crackle of gunfire and whines of Anunnaki pulse surges sounded. Metallic tapping in the back of the van invited pockets of sunlight. Piece of crap, indeed. At this rate, the Komodos and Anunnaki would shred their ride in a few minutes.

“We can't outgun them,” Dagos said.

“So we gotta outrun them.” Sledge knew the drill.

“Turn around ASAP. Fig and Ninth is our only shot.”

“ASAP coming right up,” Sledge cried, turning so sharply the car lifted a few inches off the ground.

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