A Soldier in Love by A. Petrov Page A

smell
their stench and hear their growling noises.

 
    “Michelle, we are not
leaving you,” Aaron yelled.

 
    “I’ll be right behind
you,” Michelle called as she fired more shots towards the pack.

 
    “Run!” Bryce called out
grabbing both Aaron and Kate.

 
    Michelle began to
shoot. She quickly watched as they were able to safely run to the shuttle
before focusing her efforts back on the molcos hund. She had hit several of
them and knocked them down but there were three others fast approaching. She
fired again and again until she ran out of bullets.

 
    She grabbed the bottle
of bleach she had fastened to her back. She attempted to hurl some of the
liquid on one that came closer. Only part of the liquid splashed onto its hide.
It was the largest one out of the entire pack and it was more than angry. It
let out a horrible ear piercing howl. Michelle stepped back and held up the
knife part of her rifle. She didn’t know how much good it would do but it was
all she had.

 
    She screamed in panic
as it knocked her to the ground pinning her against the desert sand and a rock.
The back of her head pounded.

 
    Surely I am dead, she thought to herself as it all went black.

 
 

Chapter Eighteen

 
    Serik pushed the molcos
hund off of the soldier and let out a primal Baat growl. The molcos hund cowered
back in fear. It left its prey and lunged at him but Serik dodged him.

 
    He fumbled for his gun
and quickly shot the beast. It lay dead. One needed special bullets and special
gun for such a vicious beast.

 
    “Fuck!” he exclaimed as
the entire pack of the nasty creatures approached him.

 
    He threw a can of
acidic fog toward the pack. He watched as the fog rapidly drove them back. His
eyes watered and burned as the fog began to rise.

 
    He coughed and
desperately looked around for the soldier the molcos hund had almost killed.
The soldier was down, he wasn’t sure if he was alive or not.

 
    No not him, he saw her .

 
    His eyes burned
stronger this time. He coughed again as the gas entered his lungs.

 
    Shit, I gotta get out of
here and do it quick.

 
    He picked her small
uniformed clad body and carried her out of the fog and to his ship.   He held her in his arms as he ran as quickly
as he could. He had to look down several times to make sure she was still
there; she was incredibly light and it felt as though he was carrying nothing
at all.

 
    He held her body close
to his chest to make sure he didn’t drop her.

 
    Serik barely made it in
the cabin with the little female in his arms. The heavy door began to come down
as soon as he entered.   He could hear the
growls of the molcos hunds trailing not far behind him.

 
    He looked down at the
unconscious female.

 
    “You’re safe now. I’ve
got you,” he said softly. He knew she couldn’t hear him but the words had come
out any way.

 
    “Sally, lock down
initiate rapid mode,” he commanded his ship.

 
    The ship obeyed his
orders as he heard the massive frames lift down and seal.

 
    He heard snarling and
barking and a loud thump. It was coming from the outer shuttle door.

 
    “Fuck,” he exclaimed. The
molcos hunds were trying to get through the ship.

 
    “These damn things just
don’t give up,” he said looking on the viewscreen as they attempted to attack
the ship.

 
    Serik looked to the unconscious
female. “Let’s get the fuck off this shitty planet, right now. I knew it was a
bad idea to come here.”

 
    He set the controls as
quickly as he could. He strapped the little female in as best he could and then
himself.  

 
    “Take off initiate,” he
commanded.

 
    “Take off denied,” the
robotic voice boomed.

 
    “The Hell, Sally, take
off initiate NOW,” he commanded again.

 
    “Take off denied,” he
looked out the viewscreen to see the other ship launching.

 
    “Now, Sally, now take
off initiate,” he yelled.

 
    “Take off initiated,”
the robotic