Night Attack II

Damonq winged his way over the lawn filled with creatures that should have been gophers but had morphed into something altogether different.

The mutations flung their bodies at the hunters, swarming up legs, hurtling themselves onto arms and backs. Biting ferociously.

Their giant teeth tore large chunks of flesh out of the ancients while the birds circled and came back for a second assault.

The timing was perfect, the mutated creatures keeping the ancients occupied with their terrible teeth while the birds regrouped and circled, darting in to try to tear the little ones from Danny’s hands.

He had dropped to the ground, covering both little girls with his body. Jane covered him, adding a second layer of protection.

The mutated gophers bore through the ground to get at the children, forcing Danny and Jane to stand, each protecting a child, vulnerable now to the attack from the birds.

Tensel and Gary laid double protection over all the humans, so that the birds battered at an invisib