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Sighing
in relief, we left the arcade and began to head towards the now
deserted exits.
“I’ve
been wondering...” Sabrina started. “Where did those spider
aliens come from?”
“I’ve
been wondering the same thing.” I replied as we walked towards the
exits.
Finally
we came to the corridor where the mall exits were, but suddenly
three spider aliens dropped from the ceiling above us.
Snarling,
the aliens charged at us violently, knocking us to the floor.
Frantically,
I tried to get to my feet but found out that I was pinned to the
floor by one of the spider aliens who used its legs to pin me down.
I
gasped for air, because the spider alien was standing on my chest
and reached up to rip off one of the alien’s legs.
With
green blood dripping from its stump, the spider alien staggered back
and allowed me to get to my feet but attacked me again, this time
ripping away my shirt in the process.
Whirling
around, I saw that Anthony and Sabrina were having a hard time
fending off the spider aliens so I fired several laser blasts into
the aliens backs and turned to run into a gardening shop across the
hall.
Anthony
and Sabrina followed me into the store as I grabbed a can of spray
paint and smashed open a large display case to grab a handful of
plasma lighters.
“What
are you about to do?” Sabrina asked me as I turned to run back out
of the store.
“Something
my uncle used to show me when I little.” I replied with a smirk.
When
we ran out of the exit, the spider aliens were waiting for us and
slashed at us with their hairy, but brittle legs.
All
three of us fired our laser guns at the aliens, but they knocked the
guns out of our hands and lunged at us with acid and webbing
shooting from their mouths.
As
Anthony and Sabrina scrambled for their weapons, I turned on the
plasma lighter and sprayed a stream of paint into the flame.
With
a loud whoosh, a fireball blasted from the paint can and immediately
set one of the spider aliens on fire.
Engulfed
in flames, the spider alien shrieked in agony and began to run
around aimlessly, smashing into vendors and breaking storefront
windows.
The
other two spider aliens turned away from Anthony, and Sabrina, and
fired streams of web into my eyes. After I dropped the spray paint
and lighter, one of the aliens chomped down on my leg.
It
seemed that right away my entire body began to feel numb and I fell
to the floor with a thud.
In
the blackness I could hear the spider aliens advancing towards me,
but I could not do anything about it.
Suddenly
there was a loud telltale discharge of laser gunfire and a sickening
acrid smell that filled the air.
Bright
lights pierced my eyes as Sabrina ripped away the webbing that
covered my eyes.
“How
did you manage to get your laser gun back?” I asked Sabrina.
“I
picked it up.” Sabrina said regarding me coldly.
“What’s
with the attitude?” I asked Sabrina.
“You
just asked me how I managed to get my laser gun back, and I saw that
as an extremely stupid question.” Sabrina said angrily.
Ignoring
her ignorance I turned to Anthony.
“I
think we’d better get out of here before any more of those spider
aliens attack us again.” I said to him as he kicked at the dead
corpses of the spider aliens.
“I
strongly agree.” Anthony said turning towards the exit doors.
Sabrina
gave me a blank look when we pushed open the doors to leave the
mall, so I gave her the same blank stare and stepped out into the
now cool evening air where a large crowd of people stood.
Finally
we had escaped the mall with no idea what was in store next, and we
had no idea where the spider aliens had come from.
We
did figure however, that this was not the last time we would see the
spider aliens, and believe me, it was not the last time we saw them.
As
a matter of fact, we never did get home that night, because we ran
into more spider aliens.
TO
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