Mordac

The sky split and shook with the thunder of hundreds of jet engines.  Arrow shaped shadows flitting over the barren desert almost the only evidence of the fighters passage, the sound being left far behind. "Eagle One to victory flight.  We have visual on target.  Eagles to provide top cover, the rest of victory flight engage.  Wait for tone and don't screw this up."  Sunlight flashed on fuselages as the aircraft repositioned themselves, their sleek, hungry silhouettes straining towards their prey. "Condor One to Eagle One, flight has tone.  Condor One to flight, engage with even foxes."  The sky lit up with flashes of bright light and thin

Her heart pounded, threatening to rip out of her heaving chest as she desperately tries to calm her rapid gasps.  The blood pounding in her ears must surely be audible enough for anyone, or thing, to hear.  A faint scrape in the distance stilled both breath and heart as effectively as a bullet, if not quite as permanently. Ever so carefully she peered around the corner. eyes frantically darting about the rubble strewn street as she desperately tried to identify the source of the noise.  Was it just rubble shifting?  Or was it 'them'.  The last thought chilled a heart already frozen with terror. She gathered her rifle and a few clips of spar