Free Eden's Children (Earth Exiles Book 2) by Mark Harritt Page B

the weight of munitions slamming into the dragon.  All of the Mechs triggered their passive microwave weapon on the dragon, and it screamed as its skin felt like it had burst into flame.  One of the Mechs slammed a gauntlet through the dragon’s teeth into the beast’s mouth, and then grabbed and levered the mouth open.  The other Mech rammed its arm into the mouth and triggered the rail gun, incandescent iron super heating the brain and blowing the back of the dragon’s skull off.
    The smaller carcass of the dragon Mike’s team had killed smacked into another, larger male that was trying to crawl up the tree trunks, knocking it back to the ground.  The Mechs let go of the other dragon, and it toppled backward over the tree trunks, barely missing the same dragon that had been knocked backward.
    Mickey took that moment to shoot.  The .50 caliber bullet hit the dragon right behind the jaw.  This sent the dragon into a frenzy.  It roared and reared back, and came down on top of one of the smaller dragons.  The small female was unlucky, the male taking his pain out on her. The larger dragon bit the female on the back of the neck, along the spine.  The small dragon was completely unprepared for the attack.  The ferocity of the attack drove it over onto its side.  She screamed as the male gripped the open throat and bit in, gore welling out of the wound, dripping around the dragon’s teeth.  The female’s screams faltered and grew quiet as the other dragon shook its head, opening the throat fully, blood gushing out in a stream.
    The taste of blood drove the dragon to madness.  The last two dragons pulled back from the crazed dragon, ready to defend themselves.  The dragon started stalking towards the other small female.  She backed away, moving towards the safety of the forest behind her.
    Mike didn’t think it would be much of a fight.  The smaller dragon was about half the size of the big male.  After seeing what the male did to the other female, Mike had no reservations about what was going to happen.
    “Mike, should we shoot?” Mickey asked.
    “No, let them kill each other.  We need to save our ammunition.”  Jennifer and Ken heard this, and passed the command onto their own teams.  The shots from the landing stopped.  They watched the tableau below them.  Stein was taking bets that the female would survive the encounter.
    The male’s head dropped, the tentacles around its head waving wildly, pulsating red to pink and back again.  Its body lowered to the ground as it started stalking the female.  The female was agitated, knowing that she wasn’t going to survive the attack of the larger male.  Her tentacles were lying along her neck, submissive.
    The big male roared as it charged, its attention completely on its prey.  It leaped forward.
    The forest erupted as the Ancient slammed into the side of the male.  The male tried to turn on its new assailant, but it was ill prepared for the new threat.  The Ancient’s bulk threw the male off balance.  The male slammed against the pile of trees, trapped between the Ancient and a large tree trunk.  It didn’t give up though, writhing against the larger, more dangerous dragon.
    The Ancient wasn’t having it, though.  The Ancient grabbed a mouthful of tentacles and shook its head, tearing the tentacles from the side of the male’s neck.  A whistling scream filled the air.  The Ancient darted forward and bit down hard on the front leg of the male.  The snap of the bone could be heard at the top of the wall.  Only then did the Ancient back away from the male.  The Ancient watched the male closely.
    The female used the attack by the Ancient to slip away.  She whirled and disappeared into the forest behind her.  The Ancient turned his head at the unexpected movement.  The male moved quickly, shifting to attack the Ancient.  The Ancient’s head snapped back to watch the wounded male.  It was displeased by the lack of deference that the