"NO!" Scarlett screamed, her voice raw with anguish as she leapt from the boat, fire erupting from her hands. The blaze cast her in an otherworldly glow as she hurled herself toward the creature. Around her, the cries of her companions mingled with the guttural growls of the monstrous abomination.
Scarlett's flames struck the creature in a torrent of heat and light, but it didn't falter. Its massive jaws remained clamped on Rose, feeding hungrily, ignoring the fire that scorched its leathery hide.
"Die you motherfucker!" Louise bellowed, his voice cracking with desperation as he unloaded his gun into the creature. The bullets tore into its flesh, black ichor oozing from the wounds, yet the beast didn't stop until Rose's body was no more than a skeletal husk.
With a sickening crunch, it dropped her remains to the ground and turned toward the others, roaring as it charged.
