AVP Ultimate Prey 10

She doesn't know if it's dead, doesn't know if its friends are close, she's waiting for the crunch of teeth in her spine when the air... changes. She looks up and watches as if in slow motion as the slick black thing stands-And is sliced in half. As if by nothing. The monster falls to the ground, a clatter of horse legs sharp as beetle shells and a long, curved head like nothing she's ever seen before.98

The pain blessedly stops, and Lucy uncurls, looking up in confusion. The air shimmers, and then there's something standing there, something like a person but bigger, taller, broader. At first she thinks its face is made of metal, but then it takes off a mask to reveal a face like a feral hog and a catfish had an unholy child-so she didn't imagine it. It's got long hair, thick and beaded, and armor that gleams over unexpected curves. When it-she-looks at Lucy, she wants to shrink up and disappear into the earth rather than feel those strange eyes crawling over her, judging her, the larger version of a scythe in the creature's hand hovering inches
away from her head.-pg.98-99 chpt.3