Creature in the Crater : 04

At first Klane could make no sense of the rapidly approaching object except to feel considerable alarm as it came straight towards him. Was it an animal or a machine? A large scaly form like some giant snake was twisting about the axis of a metal frame surmounted by a noisy whirling rotor blade. As it drew closer he realised that it was both an animal and a machine; a heavy creature hanging in loops from the struts of a flying vehicle. When the beast shifted the coils of its body round and through the interstices of the framework, the lightweight craft pitched and lurched in his direction. A large toothy head and wide eyes held him in its sight and he noticed the barrels of strange guns pointing right at him.
Then came a painful pulse of energy which threw him off his feet. The klane flew out of his right hand and he found himself tumbling through the air and into the crater. A second blast stunned him even as he was falling and he hit the ground hard and rolled downhill barely conscious. Before he could recover, a projectile net fired from the gyrocopter had wrapped him in a fine silken web which completely immobilised him. With every nerve screaming in pain, he could do nothing but watch and suffer as the creature landed and slithered to the ground, securing him tightly with the dexterous coils of its body, then lifting him into the air and transporting him down to the base.
Klane Kalonia was a prisoner of the creature in the crater.