Regression into Roots (Part 2)
Ugh!
The soldier regained consciousness after an hour, noticing that he had been brought into the shelter, and taken care of by the children that used their limited nursing capabilities to deal with his wounds.
He groaned and got up, observing the terror-stricken expressions of everyone, asking in a hurry, "What happened?"
In response to his question, a student pointed at a TV screen in the shelter. The news anchor in it was being chewed by the monster while any soldier that tried to combat it was swiftly killed.
Bullets just bounced off its carapace. The monster was wider and bulkier than the one he had killed, 'It would take armour-piercing rounds to go through such a carapace. Dammit, the higher-ups took too long to deploy the big guns and now the casualties are incomparable.'