As soon as I shift my weight, the car groans and tips over. Now it's completely upside down.
My vision is scrambled. I root myself in that moment and focus. I lunge for Jaden's window, which has been smashed open, scraping and cutting myself on the way out. Once I leap to my feet and tow the twins out of the upside down car.
I slam my palm on the gem of my bracelet, and it transforms into my trusty weapon. I can hardly see anything in the dark of night. Luckily, the Toyota's headlights are still blinking weakly. I see ghastly, gnarled shapes pass through the beams. I count three beasts. I grip her sword until my knuckles turn white.
The first alien lunges for me, which I easily sidestep. Soon it's sword against claws. I am small but agile and well-trained for this kind of situation. But I don't know if I can take all three at once.
I hear what sounds like a hundred wind chimes in hurricane winds. I turn and see Julian with his hands held out, his blue-and-gold eyes focused and intense. Glass from the car wreck soars above his head like an angry swarm of bees. The sharp corners of the glass fragments glint menacingly.
I admire Julian for too long, though, because the beast swipes at me. Searing pain floods my back. I curse at herself and almost collapse. I hear Julian's voice, distant and muffled, shout my name.
I have just enough energy left in me to fling my arm and send the diamond blade plunging into the alien's side. It hisses and screeches in agony and collapses, dead.
It's the last thing I see before I drop to my knees and the dark world around me goes even more black.
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Alpha Centauri
Science FictionLittle did I know I wouldn't be exploring the stars this summer...at least not from Earth. Julian and Jaden Everett are two high school kids stuck in a living hell. They're a low income family just scraping by. But what looks like two normal teenage...
