"What have we got, Elle?" Kay asked as he and Jay approached the blonde agent. An unauthorized alien ship had made a landing the night before in a deserted town called Dead Man's Creek in the southwest the night before causing Zed to dispatch Elle to examine and retrieve the craft and Jay and Kay to find and arrest the alien.
"It looks like we're dealing with a spiny horned Denubian," Elle said as she finished examining the craft that had managed to land in the middle of the ghost town's cemetary. "Highly poisonous to humans. One scratch and...."
"I don't think I want to know what will happen," Jay muttered. "So, any sign of where this thing went?"
"No idea. Denubians are skilled burrowers. It could be anywhere." Elle said as she leaned back against a tombstone. She had no idea what was taking the containment van so long to get there.
"You go that way, I'll go this way," Kay said as he started off to the left. "Look for any signs of recent digging."
"Oh, great," Jay muttered as he started off. "I hope you thought to bring a first aid kit!" he called back to Elle.
"Don't worry. I'm fully prepared for any Denubian bites! Just be careful of where it bites you! Denubian bites tend to make things fall off!" she called with a laugh.
A few minutes later Jay had just finished searching his side of the cemetary when he heard a loud scream. "Elle!" he called as he raced back to where they had left her. He stopped in suprise when he saw Elle on the ground with a thick ropelike thing thrashing on top of her. She was struggling to protect her face with one arm while trying to get a weapon. Suddenly, a blast hit the creature and it froze.
"Elle?" Jay said as he hurried over to her. Her entire upper body seemed covered in blood. He quickly pushed the frozen creature off of her as Kay joined him. "That's one nasty alien."
"That wasn't the alien. That was a rattlesnake," Kay said.