Predator Turnabout 5

"Hey," Martin said. Regal turned his head, saw that his boy
was holding still, watching the trees that bunched toward the
river. "Hey, I think I saw-'
It was all he got out before something big and bright and too fast to see thundered from the green, hitting Martin in
the guts. Regal stopped pissing. Martin screamed, the hoarse, shocked
sound cut off in an instant as the fire spread across his torso. There was a loud hiss, the sound of burning hair and clothes and skin, all sizzling, you could smell Martin cooking. Like something left on the
grill too long."pg184 chpt.22