Predator Stalking Shadows 24

"No sooner had Flynn coated a twig in the green goop and sealed it inside a zip-up plastic baggie taken from his first aid kit, than a voice from the darkness on the far side of the playground barked, "Lower your weapons and raise your  hands where we can see them! We have you surrounded!" Instead of obeying, Scott's men did what they had been trained to do. Quick as rabbits they scattered, crouching low to reduce their target area and darting for the nearest cover. Two shots rang out. One hit a wall a few feet to Flynn's right, causing him to jump back with a cry of, "Holy shit!" The other ricocheted off the ground so close to Scott that he saw concrete splinters fly into the air. "Stay exactly where you are or the next bullets will not miss." Scott imagined the eyes of his men turning toward him, looking for guidance. "Comply!" he barked, placing his rifle on the ground, then rising slowly to his feet and raising his hands. He was facing the school building and so turned deliberately to face the new arrivals."pg.146 chpt.6

"He saw them through his night-vision goggles, a number of shapes, like glowing green phantoms, flowing from the blackness of the trees and across the concrete towards them, converging from all directions."pg.147 chpt.6