I heard them before I saw them, swooping down from the sky and screeching as they came.
I spun around just as the cloud was upon me. For an instant, I stared into a hundred dead eyes, black pearls glittering in the darkness.
I raised the flashlight and the swarm exploded like fireworks. Feathers burned, turned into ash. I couldn't hear my scream above theirs.
Departure Manuscript: Wake Attacked by Birds
16:20
Rachel