AVP Ultimate Prey 44

The faint mist surrounding it like a wispy aura and the damaged capsule behind him gave  Bak an idea on how to take the thing out, or perhaps slow it down a little.

"gAla, reactivate hypersleep chambers Alpha-001 through 006," he whispered.

"Planning to take another nap, Captain?" gAla responded.

"Trying to avoid the big sleep," he muttered. "Just do it."

"Working on it."

He crouch-ran over to the chambers he and his senior crew had recently vacated, certain the hunter would see him and pursue. He pretended to stumble and fall, then lay still in at the end of the row, just ten meters from the empty coffins.

"Now, gAla," Bak muttered.

Through his eyelashes, Bak saw the hunter reappear and advance cautiously toward him. It suspected a trap. Because this was one. The hunter was in position, but the chambers were still dark. Come on, gAla. What are you waiting for? The chamber's lights flickered to life. The alien paused and studied them suspiciously. Bak bolted up and fired his laser blaster, but not at the hunter. Instead, he squeezed off two shots on either side of it, blowing open the hypersleep chambers flanking it. Coolant spewed all over the alien. White frost spread over the hunter's body, freezing it in place. He heard a pop and hissing air.

Bak felt a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down and saw a dart protruding from it, inches from his heart. He pulled it out with a scream; the barbed tip was dripped with a viscous mix of the yellow poison and his own blood. It slipped from
his hands.

He stared at the hunter, trying to focus through blurring vision. His chest burned and a numbing sensation spread through his body. The ice covering his enemy was already melting-it must have some way of regulating the temperature of its armor.-pg.355-356 chpt.13