White didn't even make it off the lift. The first shot hit him right in the head, causing his body to fall limply to the floor.
"Shit!" the young man with Charlie yelled. He moved to one side of the lift, while Charlie moved to the other.
"What's going on?"
A bolt of blue light flew through the air and hit the back of the lift, scorching it.
"Someone's shooting at us," the man said.
"No kidding."
There was another blast, and then two more.
"Who's shooting at us? Is it the aliens?" Charlie asked.
The young man peered out the door and saw ...
