Creature in the Crater : 25

Klane didn't have much time to think. The creature reared to bear down on him and instinctively he thrust the point of the klane hard into the base of the hood below the neck. There was almost no feeling of impact. The force fields cut through the living and mechanical armour beneath as smoothly and easily as the blade of an oar might push through water. A brief electrical thrill seemed to ride up and down the shaft, transmitting a high frequency torsion which twisted the sharp end of the weapon inside the violated flesh. Then for a moment the numbing cold of the anti-energy fields glowed brighter blue before with a sudden appalling explosion of blood the creature's ruptured main artery began to spray the hot red fluid of its life out into the chill winter air.
Klane jumped back and this time there was a drag from his weapon as it opened the fatal wound still further.
The creature was in shock. It turned and twisted to find him but Klane danced out of the way and watched in awe at the rapidity of his enemy's downfall. Blood was pouring everywhere and it had no way to staunch the flow. The thrashing served only to speed its demise. In a few moments its eyes dulled and it slumped to the ground. It would not rise again. The creature in the crater was finally dead...