AVP Ultimate Prey 43

He pressed himself closer to the chamber, feeling the cool metal against his skin. He was still the warmest body in this room. Or was he? He noticed a strange whirling pattern at the far end of his corridor, a mist forming when cold air hit something warmer, and it was vaguely humanoid shaped. Got you. Bak aimed his laser pistol at the center of the pattern. Then, remembering Hassan's idea, he aimed a little higher; the alien was about a foot and a half taller than Singh had been, judging by the security cameras. He pulled
the trigger. He heard a terrible scream and the creature reappeared as it tumbled backward, its cloak flickering out. Bak had scored a head shot, but not a killing one. A scorch mark on the alien's helmet smoldered just above the right eye, but it didn't seem injured. Only pissed.-pg.353-354 chpt.13