The mind's eye 5
Date: 9/23/2023,
Categories:
Science-Fiction ,
Alien,
Body modification,
Death,
Mind Control,
Author: pars001
... engines were gone, as were most of its thrusters.
Damnit, I thought. The damn thing was going to make it to the ground. I started to fire faster, watching as an aero foil was ripped off. I hoped that the faster falling ship would kill the crew.
I then started to curse as I felt the strongest alien on the ship was still alive.
Everyone was shouting as I vanished, appearing a moment later in a wooded area. Overhead, I could see the smoke and fire descending like a huge fire ball.
I reached out trying to blow the rest of it out of the sky. How in the hell, had the alien managed to get a shield so strong? I realized almost too late that the alien was using its mental energy. I adjusted hitting it.
I smiled as I saw the shield flicker, the fireball grew bigger. I kept it up as I felt the alien trying to increase its shield. A moment later, it hit the ground, carving a huge crater, taking several acres of trees with it.
At the last moment, I thought I had felt the alien's energy fade to nothing. I wasn't about to believe what I had felt. I had done that once, I had lost a partner and damn near my own life.
I felt power gliding toward me, felt like both my daughters, shit, I really didn't need them trying to berate me. No, I was really not in the mood for it, it was bad enough I had let one through. At least the entire crew was dead, that I knew for certain.
A moment later, Bell, Trina and Bethany appeared. Before they spoke, they turned toward the hole. ...
... "One of them is still alive?" Bell asked.
I was staring intently at the flames. I was a little pissed. I could no longer feel the alien. I concentrated harder finally finding a single, very weak lifesign. I started to send killing energy to it. As it died, I realized that it didn't have the same energy signature.
I searched the area feeling another alien life sign moving away. Cursing, I started to fire energy bolts at it, actually hitting it once.
"Damnit!" I yelled. "It got away, son of a bitch, I let another loose on the planet!" That's when I felt the fatigue hit me, dropping me to my knees.
"Dad? You've depleted yourself again. Do you have enough to get back?" Trina asked.
"No, we can't leave, we can't..." I started.
"Dad, you hit it several times. Just how far do you think it will get?" Bell asked.
"Not far 'til it finds a physical host, then there's no telling," I told all three of them.
I tried to stand, nearly going over on my face. "Bethany, you're going to have to help us," Bell said.
I felt all three of them: Bell on my left, Trina on my right and Bethany both hands on my back. A moment later, they all three pulled as we slowly headed back to the house. It was at least ten minutes before we appeared, all three of them dropping to the floor exhausted.
"Damn," Trina said. "I see what you mean about having to use it more to strengthen it." All three were panting with the effort of it.
"Plus, I said, "with me as strong as I am, it takes ...