• Once the armored monster woke up I knew what it truly was. A Predator, same as the movies from home. I killed it before it could get loose and take us out, and Yoko and I looked at one another. Where there was one, there would be more. She took up watch with her rifle while I patrolled with my gear. We needed to be alert, in case more came running. Silence met us, and after a few hours we gave up, sitting down and eating a quick meal. Night was coming, and I had first watch.

    It was quiet for a long time, no sounds of enemy approach, the only sound I could hear was Yoko's sleeping. My eyes were trained on the outside of our little base, and I soon saw a shape, lithe and agile, racing towards us. I woke Yoko quickly, but it was gone when we went to look again. We both waited, watching carefully. And then we saw it again. And it had friends.

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