The Noose Tightens (Alien Wrath Series Book 3)

The duo had been so engrossed in their discussion that they failed to notice a helicopter start up and lift off the ground. It was a double-piloted chopper armed with missiles on both side of it. It lifted up and then positioned itself right in front of Amanda and Alfred. Benji sat in the cockpit with a sinister grin smacked on his face. He activated the weapons on the chopper and then placed his thumb on the firing button. Alfred and Amanda turned to look at him in unison.
"Don't do it," Amanda's words were lost in the whirring of the propellers.
"Oh, please. Indulge me. I dare you," Alfred said with a grin matching Benji's own.
Alfred turned to face the chopper fully and then motioned for Benji to fire. Benji's thumb hovered on the button as he deliberated on whether to push it or not. Amanda tried to gesture to him to keep him from firing. Her face bore an expression of sympathy, but he was not buying it.
He yelled as he prepared himself for whatever outcome was going to befall him. Alfred matched his yell like a battle cry and then dove for the chopper headfirst. Benji threw any contemplation out of the window and then drove the firing button home. Amanda watched on as Alfred and the missile launched towards each other. She took cover late and the explosion sent her spiralling through the sky