The globulous dark eyes of the blue-skinned alien who had been attacking with the indifference of a robot till now looked up to meet the calm brown eyes, ignoring the pain from the cracking wrist Hannah had caught. He heard her whisper, and even understood it, through the chillingly calm of the brown eyes in the middle of the pale face, despite the foreign language, then…
*BANG*
The world collapsed. No, it was not the world. It was the blood Hannah had shed. The blood from the wounds he had carved on her body rushed back like a collapsing star, gathering to wrap around him, heavier than blood had any right to be.
