|Audree|
"Delilah?! What are you doing here? You need to leave, you're gonna get hurt!"
I grab Delilah's arm. I feel the sharp sting on my leg and face as I move towards her.
"Well well well, look who we have here...another mere, weak human... I'm quivering in my boots." The alien's voice booms from thin air.
"Audree, are you okay? That cut looks pretty bad." Delilah states.
"Why...why are you here?"
I hear rapid footsteps approach. Delilah looks to her left and pushes me in front of her.
"I heard you think-," Delilah pauses and shakes her head. "I heard the sounds of the fight."
She blocks her head and recoils from an invisible force. She pushes back and punches to her right side. I hear a grunt and then the alien reveals themself again.
How did she know where they were?
"Impossible! No human can detect me like this!"
The alien's coat flickers in and out of its transparency. She coils her face to a nasty scowl as she looks up at Delilah.
Keeping her distance she circles Delilah and I. I tried to lift the concrete from earlier but the strain is so much on my arm that I'm afraid I'll pop something if I attempt to lift it again.
"You better go back to where you came from or you'll be sorry." Delilah states dryly.
"Hapisha seria fotishf?" The alien speaks in her tongue with a menacing grin.
Delilah's shoulder noticeably tense as if she was just told some shocking news.
"I knew it. You're the deviant soldier who flaked when things got real." The alien states.
"I don't know what you're talking about but if this is some scheme to stall I won't allow it anymore." Delilah charges at the alien.
"Delilah NO!!" I reach for her but she's already bolted past me.
"Come at me Lieutenant, killing you will surely please the Captain!"
They both clash, trading blows. Delilah is surprisingly adept at countering blows and redirecting the aliens' momentum in her favor. She's able to dodge or catch most of the aliens' attacks and create an opening for her to land a blow.
Before the alien can reach under her cloak delilah already grabs her arm as if he was expecting her to make that move. She twists the alien's wrist while holding it above her head and reaches back with her right leg to sweep her down on her back.
"Such a waste! You had such potential to make our operation go flawlessly...but turns out you were WEAK." The alien shouts between labored breaths.
"Just surrender and accept your fate! However you thought this would turn out to be no difference to me." Delilah is steady in using her weight to hold the alien down.
Is this really Delilah?! I've known her for months and she's never given me the impression that she's capable of...this!
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The Secrets Among Us
Science Fiction"W-what is it?" I ask, too afraid to look at the body again. "Look!" He wretches. "I was hoping you'd tell me..." I whimper and slowly turn towards the body. The muscles all over the body are all contracting and twitching. -- The art for the cover i...
