The burst of fire stirred something just beyond the school, a second later movement could be heard, the sound of objects being knocked over. Followed closely by several shrieks.....though the sounds that reverberated down the hall and into the room weren't those of a human...they were something else and they weren't in fear.<br/><br/><br/>The next thing that could be sensed was the sound of claws striking mettle, at first slowly and distant then faster and faster, the distance closing at an almost unbelievable rate. Every active motion sensor began to ping wildly. A split second later a brown creature (http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100323234515/avp/images/7/70/Runner_stalker.jpg) jumped through the doorway at the opposite end of the school and began to charge in the direction of the marines, it was followed closely by three more of it's kind, one running along each wall and the last one on the clinging as if the laws of gravity no longer applied to it.<br/><br/><br/>Their tails swished from side to side, their jaws full of razor sharp teeth bared to the marines, what ever these things were....they weren't human and they didn't come in peace!<br/><br/><br/>