Airbornes: Bjorn and the Floating Nest
Six-inch-long metallic hallux talons clacking as it descended, the beast went for the children.
“Down,” Nukilik screamed. “Get low, now.”
The warning came too late. Tulugaak turned and looked up just as the mechanical snatched him by the left shoulder, latched down, and lifted him head-high out of the water.
Cupun dead-centered the bird in the right eye with rapid-fire from the P7, but the bullets ricocheted into the vegetation, and the mechanical continued climbing.
While kicking and grunting, Tulugaak prodded with his spear until the weapon discharged against one of the mechanical’s wings. The beast screeched, then hurled him back-first against a nearby tree, then circled for a second atta
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