"This is not going to be pretty."

She kicks at one of the smaller creatures, and it raises a claw, trying to grab at her foot.

"No, no, get back..."

A shot rings out, and the scorpion goes limp. The ones all around them raise their claws as if directed by some invisible source. And she can see the monstrous one do the same.

"Oh bloody hell."

She's already moving, a quick lope, hoping he'll keep up.