Predator Big Game 9

An instant later the night that had covered the valley became day as the gunship lit up the side of the lava rock and a half-dozen white flares exploded in the sky, turning the darkness into phosphorescent daylight. Nakai could see the creature clearly now, crouched against the rock, looking up at the gunship. He wondered how it felt at that moment, knowing it was going to die
very shortly. Maybe that wasn't what it was thinking at all. Instantly, the gunship fired four rockets at the creature. Red streaks, like blood against the lit-up sky, shot from the helicopter and smashed into the creature's position,
exploding with enough force for Nakai to feel it clear across the valley.

"That ought to take care of that problem," Major Lee said.

"I wouldn't be so sure, sir," Nakai said as they all kept moving forward. That creature had surprised him before.

He had finally learned to take nothing about it for granted. As he spoke, from out of the exploding rock where the creature had been hidden, something shot upward, catching the gunship squarely in the center. The resulting explosion rocked Nakai and Tilden and sent Major Lee tumbling over backward in the desert dirt. Nakai covered his head quickly and ducked, waiting for the intense explosive light to clear, and any shrapnel. After a moment that seemed to last forever, he stood. And so did the creature, rearing up like a cornered bear, its back to the lava. The gunship was a falling pile of burning metal. Almost in slow motion it crashed into the rocks on the valley floor just below the creature, and exploded again, filling the air
with smoke and yellow flame.-pg.629 chpt.23